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Alia Jaques and Kaitlin Cotter celebrate the Black Sticks first goal of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Luke Walker/Getty Images
New Zealand’s female Black Sticks’ quest for back-to-back Commonwealth Games gold medals is safely underway courtesy of a 16–0 slam dunk of Kenya.
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