Australia whip SA 9-2, certify straight for Hockey WC quarters

ROURKELA: Star forward Blake Govers scored 4 times, consisting of from a charge stroke, as title competitors Australia surged South Africa 9-2 to leading Pool A and straight get approved for the quarterfinals of the FIH Men’s World Cup on Friday. Australia will deal with the winner of the crossover match in between Malaysia and Spain in the quarterfinal match on January 24 in Bhubaneswar. Govers struck in the 4th, 15th, 19th and 20th minutes as the rampaging Australians led 7-1 at half time. His very first and 4th strikes were basket while the 2nd one was from a charge corner and the 3rd from the charge area. Tom Craig (10th), Jake Harvie (22nd), Daniel Beale (28th), Jeremy Hayward (32nd) and Tim Brand (47th) were the other Australian objective getters at the Birsa Munda Stadium. Ntuli Nqobile (8th) and Kok Tevin (58th) were the scorers– both basket– for South Africa. The Kookaburras decreased a bit in the 3rd and 4th quarters, simply scoring an objective each. The 4th quarter saw both sides scoring an objective each. 5 of the Australian objectives were field efforts while 3 were from the charge corners. Australia made 8 PCs as versus 5 of the South Africans. In another Pool A match, Argentina and France scored an objective each in the last minute to play
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