It's gut-wrenching for them, not making the final then to get themselves up to play in a positive way today is very tough. It's a horrible way to lose.
"Ian Gregory Rutledge" is a field hockey coach, who was born in Australia. He attended both primary and secondary schooling in Orange, New South Wales, being a student at The Canobolas High School (now known as Canobolas Rural Technology High School) from 1985-1990.
Ian was responsible for qualifying the New Zealand Women's Hockey Team (the Black Sticks) for the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and has continued to coach Australian National League Teams. He has been employed with Hockey Australia as Coaching Manager, the Australian Sports Commission as a High Performance Coach Consultant and also as a Sports Performance Manager with the Australian Institute of Sport.
Ian commenced employment with Field Hockey Canada in March 2013, as Head Coach of the Women's National Team.
Ian is married (to Donnette Marjoram, who also attended Canobolas High), and has two children (Imogen and Joshua).
More Ian Rutledge on Wikipedia.We had enough chances probably to score more than three but we're through to the medal rounds now.
There's a real even-ness among the players which will make it hard to ensure we have the right team.
It's a huge loss for any team, someone who's experienced and contributed to the team's success over the last three years.
We just wanted to win. In fairness to the Canadians they defended pretty well and the goalkeeper had a blinder.
And I think tonight we also saw players keen to avoid injury ahead of the Games, which was possibly understandable.
I'm very happy with the draw but it means nothing unless we play well... and don't get complacent.
It was a mixed performance, we were unsettled in the first half by the injuries but had regained our composure by the end of the match.
We practice them, but you can't practice pressure. That's the difference.
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