Australia

The Australian women's hockey co-captain Nikki Hudson says she is relishing her role as a veteran in the new look Hockeyroos' squad.

Australia impressed in this month's six-test series against Korea which wound up at Labrador on the Gold Coast yesterday.

The Hockeyroos won 4-2.

The squad has lost several senior players from last year's Olympic campaign, and Hudson says she has an important role to play in the lead-up to Beijing in 2008.

"The veteran, that's the word I'm getting used to now, but I think this is my 13th year, so I think I'm the eldest and one of the most experienced in the team," she said.

"I also want to keep playing for hopefully another seven years and another two Olympic campaigns, so as long as the body holds up and the desire, there's no reason why I can't."

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