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AUS V FRA ( Pool A ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

AUS

10 - 0

FRA

Match Review AUS - FRA 10-0

Reigning world champions Australia sent out a clear statement of intent in their first match of the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals, surging to a 10-0 triumph over Pool A opponents France. Striker siblings Kieran and Blake Govers both scored twice in the rout, with Chris Ciriello, Jamie Dwyer, Matt Gohdes, Simon Orchard, Jacob Whetton and Eddie Ockenden also contributing.

The pick of the goals came from Gohdes, who started and finished a slick passing move with an audacious chip that sailed over the head of onrushing goalkeeper Martin Zylbermann and just under the crossbar.

It was a typically impressive display from Australia and was the perfect way to mark one of their player milestones, with Fergus Kavanagh enjoying that familiar winning feeling on the occasion of his 200th international appearance.

Australia’s Matthew Swann was feeling good about his teams display, saying: “It was a really great way to start. We felt that we’d put in a lot of hard training sessions and I think physically we are very well prepared for the tournament.”

“It was tough and we are not really happy about our performance, but Australia are the best in the world”, said France’s Hugo Genestet. “We have more important matches coming up and we have to focus on getting some results from those.”

Just as Australia’s women did earlier in the day, the Kookaburras wore black armbands as a mark of respect for Jackson Tudhope, a talented young hockey player from South Australia who tragically lost his life in a car accident last week.

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
AUS	3	27	GOVERS Kieran	FG	1 - 0
AUS	10	5	CIRIELLO Chris	FG	2 - 0
AUS	12	1	DWYER Jamie	FG	3 - 0
AUS	13	16	GOHDES Matt	FG	4 - 0
AUS	19	3	ORCHARD Simon	FG	5 - 0
AUS	20	27	GOVERS Kieran	PC	6 - 0
AUS	34	12	WHETTON Jacob	FG	7 - 0
AUS	45	13	GOVERS Blake	FG	8 - 0
AUS	53	11	OCKENDEN Eddie	FG	9 - 0
AUS	54	13	GOVERS Blake	PC	10 - 0

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
AUS	30	16	GOHDES Matt	G
FRA	37	19	SCHEEFER Francois	G

AUS

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	DWYER Jamie	1
X	3	ORCHARD Simon	1
X	5	CIRIELLO Chris	1
X	9	KNOWLES Mark
5	11	OCKENDEN Eddie	1
X	12	WHETTON Jacob	1
7	13	GOVERS Blake	2
7	16	GOHDES Matt	1	1
X	17	ZALEWSKI Aran
5	18	WHITE Tristan
5	19	DEAVIN Timothy
X	20	SWANN Matthew
5	23	BEALE Daniel
16	24	LOVELL Tyler
X	27	GOVERS Kieran	2
X	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

FRA

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	4	PETERS-DEUTZ Cristoforo
6	5	KIEFFER Jean-Laurent
X	6	GENESTET Tom
5	7	GENESTET Hugo
X	8	MARTIN BRISAC Simon
6	9	SANCHEZ Olivier
X	11	MASSON Charles
6	14	BAUMGARTEN Gaspard
X	15	DERONT Guillaume
6	16	GOYET François
X	18	FORGUES Jean-Baptiste
9	19	SCHEEFER Francois		1
X	20	CHARLET Victor
X	22	GENESTET Martin
X	24	COISNE Aristide
X	25	LYON Romain
31	29	SAUNIER Corentin
X	31	ZYLBERMANN Martin
		Team Manager	FRANCOIS Antoine
		Head Coach	FOULARD Gael
		Assistant Coach	REYNAUD Bertrand
		Stand-In Manager	HOEBEN Gerold
		Medical Doctor	POPINEAU Christophe
		Physiotherapist	LE BRIS Sebastien

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	VAN EERT Roel
Umpire 2	van ELEGEM Geoffroy
Reserve Umpire	KOH Eric Kim Lai
Video Umpire	van BUNGE Coen
Judge 1	WARRIS Rogier
Judge 2	McKAY Iain
Technical Officer	DECKENBROCK Christian