And Nikki Evansโ hit a hat trick in the opening game of their Hockey World League semi-final. It secured an excellent victory over a higher-ranked side in the world rankings โ Ireland are 14th..
โIt was fantastic,โ captain Megan Frazer said. โIt was a perfectly executed game-plan that inspired the result.โ
The result puts Ireland in great shape to advance to one of the four quarter-final places from their initial five-team group. They are back in action tomorrow at 2pm Irish time against European champions Germany.
The tournament acts as the main event for Olympic qualification.
Ireland: E Gray, C Sargent, E Smyth, K Mullan, S McCay, M Frazer, A Connery, L Colvin, N Daly, H Matthews, A OโFlanagan
Subs: Y OโByrne, N Evans, G Pinder, C Watkins, K Dillon, A Meeke, A McFerran
Nicola Daly scored a worldy as Ireland's hockey stars stunned South Africa today
THIS CLASS SOLO effort from Nicola Daly was the icing on the cake for Ireland today, who ran out 4-1 winners over South Africa in Valencia.
And Nikki Evansโ hit a hat trick in the opening game of their Hockey World League semi-final. It secured an excellent victory over a higher-ranked side in the world rankings โ Ireland are 14th..
โIt was fantastic,โ captain Megan Frazer said. โIt was a perfectly executed game-plan that inspired the result.โ
The result puts Ireland in great shape to advance to one of the four quarter-final places from their initial five-team group. They are back in action tomorrow at 2pm Irish time against European champions Germany.
The tournament acts as the main event for Olympic qualification.
Ireland: E Gray, C Sargent, E Smyth, K Mullan, S McCay, M Frazer, A Connery, L Colvin, N Daly, H Matthews, A OโFlanagan
Subs: Y OโByrne, N Evans, G Pinder, C Watkins, K Dillon, A Meeke, A McFerran
Power ranking the 8 best current internationals with a League of Ireland background
It doesnโt sound like Martin OโNeill is expecting a pretty game against Scotland
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