Olympic Games London 2012
London, Great Britain - July 30 - 11, 2012
GBR
ESP
PAK
ARG
NED
GER
BEL
KOR
NZL
IND
CHN
JPN
USA
AUS V RSA ( Pool A ) Olympic Games London 2012
AUS
6 - 0
RSA
Match Review AUS - RSA 6-0
Goals
| Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Action | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | 16 | 1 | DWYER Jamie | PS | 1 - 0 |
| AUS | 33 | 8 | BUTTURINI Matthew | FG | 2 - 0 |
| AUS | 46 | 5 | CIRIELLO Chris | PC | 3 - 0 |
| AUS | 48 | 1 | DWYER Jamie | PC | 4 - 0 |
| AUS | 58 | 1 | DWYER Jamie | PS | 5 - 0 |
| AUS | 62 | 4 | TURNER Glenn | FG | 6 - 0 |
Cards
| Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | 15 | 19 | DEAVIN Timothy | G |
| AUS | 18 | 8 | BUTTURINI Matthew | G |
| RSA | 35 | 2 | PATON Wade | G |
| AUS | 42 | 5 | CIRIELLO Chris | G |
| AUS | 53 | 9 | KNOWLES Mark | Y |
| AUS | 67 | 3 | ORCHARD Simon | Y |
AUS
| Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
X
|
1 | DWYER Jamie | 3 | |||
|
X
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2 | DE YOUNG Liam | ||||
|
X
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3 | ORCHARD Simon | 1 | |||
|
X
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4 | TURNER Glenn | 1 | |||
|
X
|
5 | CIRIELLO Chris | 1 | 1 | ||
|
Bench
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8 | BUTTURINI Matthew | 1 | 1 | ||
|
Bench
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9 | KNOWLES Mark | 1 | |||
|
Bench
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10 | FORD Russell | ||||
|
X
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11 | OCKENDEN Eddie | ||||
|
X
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15 | CARROLL Joel | ||||
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X
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16 | GOHDES Matt | ||||
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X
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19 | DEAVIN Timothy | 1 | |||
|
Bench
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20 | SWANN Matthew | ||||
|
X
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22 | BURGERS Nathan | ||||
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Bench
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27 | GOVERS Kieran | ||||
|
X
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31 | KAVANAGH Fergus |
RSA
| Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bench
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1 | ROBINSON Jonathan | ||||
|
Bench
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2 | PATON Wade | 1 | |||
|
X
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3 | CRONJE Andrew | ||||
|
X
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4 | MADSEN Lloyd | ||||
|
X
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5 | SMITH Austin | ||||
|
X
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7 | DRUMMOND Timothy | ||||
|
Bench
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8 | HARPER Marvin | ||||
|
X
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9 | HYKES Julian | ||||
|
Bench
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10 | NORRIS-JONES Lloyd | ||||
|
Bench
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11 | LOUW Lance | ||||
|
X
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14 | HALKETT Rhett | ||||
|
X
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18 | McDADE Thornton | ||||
|
X
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23 | PIETERSE Erasmus | ||||
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X
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25 | REID-ROSS Justin | ||||
|
X
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29 | HALEY Ian | ||||
|
X
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30 | PATON Taine |
DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified
Match Officials
| Role | Official |
|---|---|
| Umpire 1 | VAN EERT Roel |
| Umpire 2 | GROCHAL Marcin |
| Reserve Umpire | KIM Hong Lae |
| Judge 1 | BRACA Guido |
| Judge 2 | de SALES Claudius |
| Technical Officer | QUAYE KUMAN Nii |
The contest between Australia and South Africa looked like another David vs. Goliath encounter, with the Kookaburas ranked at the top of the FIH World Rankings and the Africans the lowest ranked team in this Olympic competition.
It did not take long for Jamie Dwyer to be dangerous, penetrating the circle and arriving alone in front of Erasmus Pieterse in the South African goal, who managed the save but conceded a penalty-corner. The South Africans survived the initial flurries of Australian attacks and play became more balanced for a while. The Kookaburas could not do much of their first two penalty-corners and the next chance was at the other end for Marvin Harper, whose tentative shot nearly surprised the Australian defense.
Australia earned a penalty-stroke in the 16th minute after a pinball sequence in the South African circle, the ball hitting sticks, posts and players. Jamie Dwyer cleanly slotted the ball out of reach of the goal-keeper to open the score. The Australians then had a string of near misses; they were unsuccessful on their next two penalty-corners, Kieran Govers could not beat the goal-keeper one on one after receiving the ball alone far behind the South African defenders and they were denied a penalty-corner goal by a successful South African video-referral.
It was once again Jamie Dwyer who finally unlocked the situation, offering a splendid pass to Matthew Butturini left with an easy tap-in for the second Australian goal. Although the South Africans were clearly pushed back on the heels during most of the period, the score was only 2-0 at half-time and the Australians were certainly unhappy with their many wasted chances.
South Africa played well at the beginning of second period, displaying some strong individual skills and swift combinations, but Australia opened an insurmountable break in a few minutes with a couple of penalty-corner goals, first by Christopher Ciriello then by Jamie Dwyer.
Jamie Dwyer completed his hat-trick with ten minutes to go in the match, scoring another penalty-stroke after been taken down by Erasmus Pieterse in the circle. With this goal, Dwyer moved level with Mark Hager as top Australian all-time goal scorer! South Africa ran out of steam in the final stages of the match and could not deal any more with wave after wave of Kookaburas attacks regularly outnumbering their defense. Glenn Turner added a final goal and Australia comfortably bagged the 3 points of the win.
It did not take long for Jamie Dwyer to be dangerous, penetrating the circle and arriving alone in front of Erasmus Pieterse in the South African goal, who managed the save but conceded a penalty-corner. The South Africans survived the initial flurries of Australian attacks and play became more balanced for a while. The Kookaburas could not do much of their first two penalty-corners and the next chance was at the other end for Marvin Harper, whose tentative shot nearly surprised the Australian defense.
Australia earned a penalty-stroke in the 16th minute after a pinball sequence in the South African circle, the ball hitting sticks, posts and players. Jamie Dwyer cleanly slotted the ball out of reach of the goal-keeper to open the score. The Australians then had a string of near misses; they were unsuccessful on their next two penalty-corners, Kieran Govers could not beat the goal-keeper one on one after receiving the ball alone far behind the South African defenders and they were denied a penalty-corner goal by a successful South African video-referral.
It was once again Jamie Dwyer who finally unlocked the situation, offering a splendid pass to Matthew Butturini left with an easy tap-in for the second Australian goal. Although the South Africans were clearly pushed back on the heels during most of the period, the score was only 2-0 at half-time and the Australians were certainly unhappy with their many wasted chances.
South Africa played well at the beginning of second period, displaying some strong individual skills and swift combinations, but Australia opened an insurmountable break in a few minutes with a couple of penalty-corner goals, first by Christopher Ciriello then by Jamie Dwyer.
Jamie Dwyer completed his hat-trick with ten minutes to go in the match, scoring another penalty-stroke after been taken down by Erasmus Pieterse in the circle. With this goal, Dwyer moved level with Mark Hager as top Australian all-time goal scorer! South Africa ran out of steam in the final stages of the match and could not deal any more with wave after wave of Kookaburas attacks regularly outnumbering their defense. Glenn Turner added a final goal and Australia comfortably bagged the 3 points of the win.
(Yan Huckendubler)
- Match 2
- Date Mon, 30 Jul 2012
- Time 10:45
- Pool/Class Pool A
- Venue
