A brace from Matias Paredes sunk England and captured the bronze medal for Carlos Retegui’s Argentina side. In the game none of the semi-finalists wanted to play in, Los Leones’ No10 struck twice in quick succession to get his side in front and that is where they stayed. Continue reading →

The Netherlands scooped their eighth world title with a splendid 2-0 win over Australia. Plenty of happy faces and a few sad ones in the mixed zone, but here is what the players and coaches had to say.  Continue reading →

The Netherlands won the Rabobank Hockey World Cup here in The Hague this afternoon with a dominant display to see off Australia by two goals to nil.

First half strikes from Maartje Paumen and Kim Lammers, on her 200^th and final international appearance were enough to give the hosts the win in front of a raucous home crowd. The Dutch, who have won every game in the competition, conceding just one goal along the way showed their class despite a strong effort from the Hockeyroos who just didn’t have enough on the day. Continue reading →

Ric Charlesworth’s men swept aside the challenge of Argentina to set up the dream final between Australia and the Netherlands with a powerful display of clinical penalty corners and solid defending.

A brace from Jeremy Hayward and further strikes from Kieran Govers, Jake Whetton and Chris Ciriello did the damage before Gonzalo Pelliat notched a trademark penalty corner as a consolation.  Continue reading →

In the women’s competition it is an Australia vs Netherlands final and today, the same matchup for the men was confirmed. All the semi-finalists had their say, including the great Ric Charlesworth and Argentina’s “Superman”. See what they make of it all here: Continue reading →