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AUS V IRL ( QF 1 ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

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4 - 1

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Match Review AUS - IRL 4-1

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Reigning world champions Australia were given a real test by Ireland’s Green Machine before eventually running out winners in the quarter-final phase of the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Final in Antwerp.

Goals from Matt Gohdes, Jamie Dwyer, Simon Orchard and a sixth of the tournament for 18-year-old Blake Govers moved the Kookaburras to within one victory of guaranteeing a place in both the end-of-year showpiece Hockey World League Final and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Australia now face a semi-final match against either Great Britain or Pakistan, who face each other later today.

The early stages of a match played in roasting-hot conditions were closely contested, with Ireland’s Green Machine largely containing their illustrious opponents until midway through the second quarter when Matt Gohdes smashed home a penalty corner rebound after his cousin Jamie Dwyer brought a decent save from brilliant Irish goalkeeper Davey Harte.

Alan Sothern came within inches of levelling the scores in the third period before Jamie Dwyer started and finished a slick Aussie move with a clever deflection to double the advantage. Ireland showed incredible spirit throughout and came close again through Eugene Magee, but fourth quarter goals from Simon Orchard and Blake Govers put the Australians out of sight before Shane O’Donoghue grabbed a consolation.

“We are very happy to beat Ireland as we knew they wouldn’t be easy, they drew against GB only lost in the last seconds to Belgium,” said Kookaburras’ talisman Jamie Dwyer after the game. “They are a tough team, mentally and physically. Even though it was 35 or 36 degrees out there in the middle of the pitch, which was probably an advantage for us, we knew that they were going to give it a go and not die wondering, typical of the Irish spirit.”

Regarding the possibility of competing in his fourth Olympic Games, Dwyer said: “It would be pretty awesome thats for sure, but there's a long way to go. At 36 years of age, it's not getting any easier but I’m feeling pretty good, running around okay and injury free at the moment as well as scoring a few goals, which is always nice.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
AUS	22	16	GOHDES Matt	PC	1 - 0
AUS	45	1	DWYER Jamie	FG	2 - 0
AUS	55	3	ORCHARD Simon	FG	3 - 0
AUS	55	13	GOVERS Blake	PC	4 - 0
IRL	57	16	O'DONOGHUE Shane	PC	4 - 1

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
AUS	24	20	SWANN Matthew	G
AUS	27	11	OCKENDEN Eddie	Y
AUS	50	19	DEAVIN Timothy	G
IRL	54	4	BELL Jonathan	Y
AUS	58	12	WHETTON Jacob	Y

AUS

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	DWYER Jamie	1
X	3	ORCHARD Simon	1
X	5	CIRIELLO Chris
X	9	KNOWLES Mark
6	11	OCKENDEN Eddie			1
X	12	WHETTON Jacob			1
7	13	GOVERS Blake	1
4	16	GOHDES Matt	1
X	17	ZALEWSKI Aran
X	18	WHITE Tristan
X	19	DEAVIN Timothy		1
4	20	SWANN Matthew		1
4	23	BEALE Daniel
15	24	LOVELL Tyler
X	27	GOVERS Kieran
4	28	BROWN Kiel
X	30	CHARTER Andrew
X	31	KAVANAGH Fergus
		Team Manager	GAUDOIN Paul
		Head Coach	REID Graham
		Stand-In Manager	APPLEBY Brendyn
		Assistant Coach	EGLINGTON Nathan
		Physiotherapist	HAWES Ellen
		Medical Doctor	CLAYDON Gary

IRL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Yellow
X	1	HARTE David
X	3	JACKSON John
X	4	BELL Jonathan		1
X	6	GORMLEY Ronan
X	7	WATT Michael
X	8	CARGO Chris
6	10	SOTHERN Alan
6	11	DOWDS Stephen
6	12	MAGEE Eugene
X	13	CARUTH Peter
8	15	SHIMMINS Kirk
X	16	O'DONOGHUE Shane	1
9	19	CARLISLE Drew
X	20	DARLING Michael
Bench	23	FITZGERALD David
X	24	GOOD Kyle
X	26	GLEGHORNE Paul
Bench	27	HARTE Conor
		Team Manager	BARRY Stephen
		Head Coach	FULTON Craig
		Assistant Coach	CAREN Jonathan
		Stand-In Manager	JACKSON Peter
		Physiotherapist	HASLAM Stephen
		Medical Doctor	JACKSON Jennifer

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	PRASAD Raghu
Umpire 2	KOH Eric Kim Lai
Reserve Umpire	STAGNO Nathan
Video Umpire	van BUNGE Coen
Judge 1	McKAY Iain
Judge 2	RAMPONE Guendalina
Technical Officer	DECKENBROCK Christian