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Two senior Hockeyroos players have won an appeal against their axing from the squad in late 2020, although their selection for the Tokyo Olympics remains uncertain.
Rachael Lynch (pictured) and Georgie Morgan have won their appeals.
Credit:Tony McDonough
While every person on the selection panel who decided to drop Lynch and Morgan had left their roles by mid-March, the pair had to wait more than 130 days for their appeal result. The last to go was former coach Paul Gaudoin, who resigned hours before a scathing independent report found many problems with Hockey Australia and around the Hockeyroos environment.
Sources with knowledge of the appeal said the players were told they were successful on Thursday and that the appeal was won on the grounds that there was “no material on which the selection decision could reasonably be based”.
Hockeyroos coach Paul Gaudoin steps down four months out from Tokyo Olympics ahead of review going public
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Paul Gaudoin has stepped down in the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics.
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The Hockeyroos are looking for a new coach ahead of the Tokyo Olympics with Paul Gaudoin quitting his position.
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The review was established following claims of cultural problems inside the Hockeyroos set-up
Gaudoin had been Hockeyroos coach since late 2016
Hockey Australia (HA) made the bombshell announcement on Wednesday evening, saying Gaudoin had tendered his resignation ahead of the release of findings and recommendations of an independent review.
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Hockey Australia chief executive Matt Favier committed to take the necessary action once the inquiry into allegations of a toxic culture has been completed.
An independent inquiry into allegations of a toxic culture within women s hockey in Australia was launched in November by the governing body.
The inquiry was launched amid claims that around half of the Australian women s hockey squad were considering a strike, just months before the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The axing of 2019 International Hockey Federation goalkeeper of the year Rachael Lynch and former captain Georgina Morgan from the 2021 squad was cited as a key reason.
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