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Joining the Police gave Ella Gunson a new focus after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed - a focus that allows her to honour her late mother.   Eager to play at a second Olympics, the straight-shooting Northlander is in no doubt this team has what it takes to do well in Tokyo.  Ella Guns…

After the highs of making his debut and scoring for his country in a victory against Australia, a serious knee injury meant Sam Lane was sidelined for nearly two years missing the 2018 Commonwealth Games.   The proud South Canterbury lad also recently lost his mother. He believes the adversit…

Dane Lett played rugby and hockey through most of his schooling before focusing on making the Vantage Black Sticks. But it wasn’t until he’d started a family and secured a fulltime job – both of which gave him a fresh perspective – that his Black Sticks career took off. Dane Lett is Built for…

Growing up in a small Bay of Plenty town, Frances Davies never imagined she’d become a Vantage Black Stick and still didn’t believe it when she got the email telling her she’d made it.   The criminology graduate loves working with children and talks passionately about her work with Pillars an…

Tessa Jopp is back in the Vantage Black Sticks after her dreams were dashed on the eve of the 2018 Commonwealth Games by a previously undiagnosed heart condition.   The Otago midfielder returned to her first love – farming in the Maniototo in Central Otago – but when Graham Shaw called she kn…

Dylan Thomas admits growing up in small-town New Zealand had its challenges. The Hawke’s Bay midfielder talks about moving to Auckland to focus on his hockey, and how he responded when a global pandemic brought international hockey to a grinding halt. Dylan Thomas is Built for Greatness. Our podca…

Not once but twice Nick Wilson thought his hockey career was over as he battled serious knee injuries. The prolific goalscorer opens up about his journey into the Vantage Black Sticks, how hockey has helped him in the real estate world, and the advice he’d give others dealing with career-ending inj…