The New Zealand women's hockey team remain perfect at the Commonwealth Games but were pushed in their latest encounter, a 2-1 win over South Africa.
Anita Punt opened the scoring, her third straight game with a goal, midway through the first half with a low blasting shot from a penalty corner which was too fast for South Africa goalie Anelle van Deventer.
South Africa hit back just before halftime after Tarryn Bright pounced on a rebound after Sally Rutherford made an initial save from a penalty corner.
New Zealand scored the winner 15 minutes before fulltime after Kayla Whitelock made a break through the midfield on the counter and found Olivia Merry near the lefthand byline of the circle. Merry then delivered an inch-perfect pass to Krystal Forgesson for the diving winner.
New Zealand's third win puts the Black Sticks top of Pool A with three victories from three games. They play fourth placed Canada in their final pool game on Thursday.
