Tauranga hockey star Gemma Flynn has joined the illustrious 200 club in style, scoring in the Black Sticks' 2-1 win over Korea in Hastings.

Last night Flynn made her 200th international appearance for the women's national side during the Hawke's Bay Cup.

Black Sticks star Gemma Flynn. Photo: File.

The win means the Kiwis finish top of Pool B and will face India in the quarter-final tomorrow at 6pm.

Flynn, 24, made her debut for the side in 2008 and has been a mainstay ever since, competing at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. In this time the Midlands midfielder has scored more than 50 goals.

In the sport's history, there are only four other Black Sticks women to reach 200 caps during their career – Kayla Whitelock (229), Emily Naylor (256), Suzie Muirhead (238) and Krystal Forgesson (220).

Sunday's finals day fixture will also see Anita Punt follow suit and bring up her 200.

Black Sticks coach Mark Hager made a presentation to Flynn before the match and will do the same for Punt.

And Flynn says there is one voice that she is expecting to hear above all others. 'You tend to hear Mama Punt before you see her – she is quite vocal.”

The two midfielders both have hockey-mad parents and two older brothers, and enjoy the ‘girly' side of things when they aren't battling it out against the best teams in the world on the turf.

'We do enjoy the less hard-core things outside of hockey – nails, shopping, facials – things like that,” says Flynn.

But when it comes to training and games, they admit there is a competitiveness between them which has helped them both to improve.

'We are both midfielders,” she adds, 'so we challenge each other during training and are constantly competing with each other – but in a good way.

'I remember when Anita began playing. She was this really quiet, shy person and she has transformed into someone who has a lot of confidence and is now a world-class player.”

When asked to reflect back on their highlights, they believe there is unfinished business that spurs them on during training and competition.

'There have been highlights – the London Olympics I guess – but each time we haven't come away with what we wanted,” says Flynn.

'We are here because we want to medal in Rio. That is the reason why both of us are playing. There have been too many times where we have been close, but haven't quite got there. It's all about that medal.”

Punt agrees, saying that after 200 test caps, you don't just want to be participating.

'We want to be going to major tournaments with the realistic aim of winning,” says Punt. 'That's why we go.”

Following last night's 2-1 victory, Hager says although there are still improvements to be made, he is pleased with the win and can see the progress the team is making.

'I don't think we are playing at our best yet,” admits Hager. 'I imagine the statistics were probably pretty even for both teams, so I'm just really pleased we hung in there and converted enough chances to get us over the line.

'As a team, one of the things we spoke about was having to win these close games, and we have won two in a row now. Both of those games have been tight and hard fought, and we have come out on the right side.”

In the earlier games today, Argentina won 2-1 against Japan thanks to first half goals from Carla Rebecchi and Florencia Habif.

In the second game of the day, China upset the USA with a 2-1 win which gives them top spot in Pool A and a quarter-final game against Japan on Thursday.

In last night's final game, India held world number two Australia to a nil-all draw with Australia finishing third in Pool A.

The Hawke's Bay Cup sees eight countries competing; Argentina, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and the USA.