The Tacking Point Thunder Omni captain will line up for the seventh time with the Australian Defence Force in Shepparton on Saturday looking to replicate their bronze medal performance from last year.

Hudson admits her team are generally thrown together before every event with each player's ability to play several positions what makes them unique.

"We aren't a group of highly-skilled players and stars like that; we're people who will give our all for our teammates," she said.

"When they select the team, they select it for people who can play multiple positions and it doesn't matter if you're the best player as long as you can play the role you need to play."

The Defence Force team are made up of players from all over the country including Perth and Darwin as well as a number from the Royal Military College in Duntroon.

The 26-year-old will represent the Mid North Coast and spend as much time at either ends of the field in her role as both attacker and defender.

"I'd like to be able to perform in both to the best of my ability, maybe score a few goals and maybe save a few," Hudson said.

"I like both positions.

"I feel like I'm a play-setter so when people's heads drop or things are not working I like to slip in and rev people up and get composure back into the team."

This season's return to local hockey with the Omni has meant Hudson is in better form than she had been for previous campaigns.

"When I started out I was an Army Reserver so I was able to play the weekend's hockey and then I went full-time so I wasn't able to play," she said.

"This year is the first year back where I've been playing regularly with my Thunder team and I feel like I now have the skill.

"Other years I had the game knowledge and the ability, but I lacked the skills and endurance."

Hudson conceded their lack of player numbers had always proved costly at the end of the championships and it was likely to be the case again.

"Last year we got third and were very lucky to get the bronze," she said.

"We struggle a lot with getting players away so we don't have the subs and tend to find that the competition is tough so by the end of it we're rooted."

The Port Macquarie-Hastings Hockey Association will also be represented at Shepparton by Colin Pursehouse.

He will be the assistant coach for the NSW women's team for the second year in a row.

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