Australia

Australia had double cause for celebration when the junior men's and women's hockey teams won the Oceania World Cup qualifying series against New Zealand.

Australia sealed the under-21 men's series 3-0 with a 7-2 victory in the third match while they won the women's series 2-1 after winning the final match decider 4-1.

The Australian men were too polished for New Zealand, racing out to a 6-1 halftime advantage to underline their superiority.

Wasting no time Mark Knowles scored their opening goal after just two minutes before adding a second from the top of the circle 10 minutes later.

Eli Matheson made it 3-0 minutes later striking home from the far left.

Kiwi Shaun Barnett pegged one back in the 22nd minute with a powerful hit from the left.

But Australia responded one minute later when Mark Peterson finished a fine phase of passing to take the score to 4-1.

Desmond Abbott nailed a fine reverse stick shot from the top of the circle for Australia's fifth goal and Steven Boyce made it look easy shortly after with another goal.

Boyce scored again after the interval while Barnett scored his team's second close to fulltime from a penalty corner.

Earlier, New Zealand were outclassed in the second half of the women's game after going into the break with a 1-0 lead thanks to a superb reverse stick shot by Stacey Carr in the 15th minute.

Australia forced eight penalty corners in the first half but were unable to convert any of them.

They persisted with a direct strike by Emma Meyer and when the few variations were attempted, they were poorly executed.

Australia came alive in the second half, however.

Seven minutes into the half Lisa Pamenter deflected home from a free hit outside the circle before Emma Meyer converted her team's first corner in the 61st minute and with a direct strike.

Meyer repeated the feat three minutes later for a 3-1 scoreline.

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