Australia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 15 – 37 (8 – 19). Australia went down 37 – 15 (8 – 19) to Saudi Arabia, today at the Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex in Kuwait, in their second game of the 2020 Asian Championship. Australia struggled to break through the physical and offensive Saudi...
Australia – South Korea | 20 – 40 (7 – 24) After a five-day training camp in Dubai the Australian men’s team stepped onto the court for their first game of the 19th Asian Men’s Handball Championship in Kuwait. Coming up against Korea, they knew the game would be quick. From the start, Korea played...
After a tough preliminary round, where Australia faced five former World Champions, in Group B, the President’s Cup round started with Australia playing Cuba in a morning game in Kumumato, Japan today. Jess Fallah opened the scoring for Australia, Cuba replied and Sally Potocki followed up. Cuba then began to score in twos and clusters. It quickly...
Today was the last match of the Group B pool with 2013 Champions Brazil just above Australia on pool points. Brazil had a draw but was still seeking a win in the competition so far. Australia knew it would be a tough match but bringing the same work ethic they have been displaying all event...
Australia’s game against Korea was always going to be tough. The Asian champions sitting second in the Group, just one point behind Germany, had already beaten World Champions France and drawn with Denmark. The game started as expected, 11 minutes in Korea led 9:3. However, Australia regrouped and began to push back, to 6:9 at...
Australia faced current World Champions, France on day four, in their toughest match so far. Back player Madeleine McAfee took to Instagram before the match to thank Australia’s team of supporters, “Step by step, we continue to set new goals for each match. We continue to build our game from the opportunities presented to us.”...
Australia faced Germany today in the second round, group B clash in Kumamoto. Rosa Boyd promised “the fight will continue and we have small goals set for the team which I’m sure we can achieve.” The match started with both teams strong in defence, but Germany broke the ice first, three minutes into the game,...
In their first World Championship appearance since 2013, the Australian women’s national team opened their 2019 campaign, at Kumamoto’s Prefectural Gymnasium, against Denmark. The Aussie women had a strong start in the game. They were organised in attack, patiently waiting for the opportunities and, in defence, held back repeated Danish attempts at goal. Manon Vernay,...
The 24th IHF Women’s World Championship begins in Kumamoto on November 30, and the Australia team have arrived in Japan for their final preparation ahead of the event. The 16 players who will represent Australia at Japan 2019 are: Goalkeepers: 1 Jemima Harbort 13 Manon Vernay 19 Amy Thomas Court players: 5 Jessica Fallah 7...
The AOC have announced Women’s Beach Handball player Rosa Boyd as Australian flag bearer for the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games Opening Ceremony tonight. Rosa, who has 14 years Australian representation across Indoor and Beach Handball, will lead the AOC contingent of 41 athletes from eight sports at the games. The Australian contingent is the...
