Returning Black Stick Liz Thompson threw her hockey stick in the bin after serious injury

Zoë George


Black Stick defender Liz Thompson will play her 200th game for the team this weekend. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Black Sticks defender Liz Thompson nearly threw away her international hockey career in 2022, but she’s returning this weekend to make her 200th appearance for the side in a tri-series in Wellington.