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Stephanie Kershaw
Fullname:Stephanie Anna Kershaw
Birth Date:19 April 1995
Birth Place:Townsville, Australia
Height:168cm
Weight:65kg
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Brisbane Blaze
Nationalyears1:2015–
Nationalteam1:Australia
Nationalcaps1:118
Nationalgoals1:20
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Stephanie "Steph" Kershaw (born 19 April 1995) is an Australian field hockey player.[1]

Personal life

Kershaw was born in Townsville, Queensland. She plays hockey for her home state in the Australian Hockey League, as part of the Queensland Scorchers team.[2]

Career

Senior national team

Kershaw made her senior international debut in a test series against Korea in September 2015.[3] Following her debut in September, Kershaw was part of the Australian team that won the 2015 Oceania Cup in October.[4]

In 2018, Kershaw was named in the Hockeyroos team to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The team finished second, winning a silver medal after losing to New Zealand 4–1 in the final.[5] Kershaw was also a member of the Australian team at the 2018 World Cup, where the team finished in fourth place.[6]

Again in 2018, Kershaw also represented Australia at the Sompo Cup in Japan, and the Champions Trophy in China.[7]

Kershaw qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1–0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.[8]

International goals


Goal		DateLocationwidth=100Opponentdata-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"Scoredata-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"ResultCompetition
1 6 September 2015 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia 3–0 5–1 [9]
2 22 October 2015 TET MultiSports Centre, Stratford, New Zealand 4–0 25–0 [10]
3 12 November 2017 State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia 5–0 5–0 [11]
4 23 May 2018 Central Otago Sports Club, Cromwell, New Zealand 3–0 3–0 [12]
5 13 September 2018 Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan 1–0 3–1 [13]
6 3–1
7 1 February 2020 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia 1–1 2–1 [14]
8 28 May 2021 Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 1–2 2–2 [15]
9 1 June 2021 1–0 3–1 [16]
10 26 July 2021 Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 5–0 6–0 [17]
11 17 July 2022 Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain 1–1 2–1 [18]
12 2–1
13 30 July 2022 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England 4–0 8–0 [19]
14 31 July 2022 3–0 5–0 [20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stephanie Kershaw . Hockey Australia . 29 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Stephanie Kershaw . Hockey Australia . 20 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Three to debut for Australian women's hockey team in Perth . Australian Olympic Committee . 29 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Oceania Cup teams named . Hockey Australia . 29 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Stephanie KERSHAW . Gold Coast 2018 . 20 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup 2018 . . 20 November 2018.
  7. Web site: KERSHAW Stephanie . . 20 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 2022-02-10 . The Roar . en-US.
  9. Web site: Australia 5–1 Korea . . 5 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Australia 25–0 Samoa . . 5 April 2019.
  11. Web site: Australia 5–0 United States . . 5 April 2019.
  12. Web site: Australia 3–0 New Zealand . . 5 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Australia 3–1 Korea . . 5 April 2019.
  14. Web site: Australia 2–1 Great Britain . . 2 February 2020.
  15. Web site: New Zealand 2–2 Australia . . 26 July 2021.
  16. Web site: New Zealand 1–3 Australia . . 26 July 2021.
  17. Web site: Australia 6–0 China . . 26 July 2021.
  18. Web site: Australia 2–1 Germany . . 17 December 2022.
  19. Web site: Australia 8–0 Kenya . . 17 December 2022.
  20. Web site: South Africa 0–5 Australia . . 17 December 2022.

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