Black Sticks Women outclass Chile

Katie Glynn scored three goals against Chile. Photo / Bay of Plenty Times

The women's Black Sticks continued their dominance at the Four Nations Tournament in Dublin overnight beating Chile 10-0.

New Zealand, who are using the tournament as build-up to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, pressed relentlessly and capitalised at every opportunity.

Although Chile's packed defence managed to hold out the Kiwis until the 18th minute, the floodgates opened after that.

The first goal came from Capital's Anita Punt whose excellent use of base line skills allowed her to sneak the ball passed the keeper.

Canterbury's Olivia Merry, who was playing her 50th international test, scored the second goal six minutes later thanks to an excellent shot inside the seven yard zone.

Next up was Katie Glynn who scored goal three and four only two minutes apart, with her second being the highlight of the first half thanks to some clever well-worked attacking play that allowed her to slot it into the bottom corner.

In the second half, the Kiwis decided to focus on increasing their penalty corner opportunities and this resulted in five conversions.

Merry and Punt knocked in their second goals - both from penalty corners in the 44th and 46th minute.

Five minutes later, aggressive pressing from the Kiwis followed by an excellent midfield turnover ended with Rosie Keddell eliminating the keeper and pushing it hard into the corner.

The final three goals were all penalty corner conversions, with Kayla Whitelock, Glynn - taking a hat-trick, and Gemma Flynn scoring one apiece.

The team now have a rest day tomorrow before meeting Canada on Wednesday at 4am (NZT).

Black Sticks 10 (Katie Glynn 3, Anita Punt 2, Olivia Merry 2, Rosie Keddell, Kayla Whitelock, Gemma Flynn) Chile 0. Halftime 6-0