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GBR V IRL ( Pool B ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

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2 - 2

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Match Review GBR - IRL 2-2

GB v IRL Goal 1 for GBPosted June 23, 2015

GB v IRL Goal 2 for GBPosted June 23, 2015

GB v IRL Goal 1 for IRLPosted June 23, 2015

GB v IRL Goal 2 for IRLPosted June 23, 2015

The first match of Day 3 at the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals in Antwerp saw world number 14 Ireland fight back from a two goal deficit to claim a deserved draw against higher-ranked Great Britain.

Fifth ranked GB burst out of the blocks and quickly established a 2-0 lead thanks to team captain Barry Middleton and a sensational diving deflection from Chris Griffiths before Ireland’s John Jackson rattled the frame of George Pinner’s goal with a fierce penalty corner effort.

It proved to be a warning of things to come, as the Green Machine began an impressive fightback when Kyle Good and John Jackson netted goals either side of half time to restore parity.

Ireland - winners of the Hockey World League Round 2 competition in San Diego - were arguably the better team for the remainder of the game, and could easily have won it were it not for a crucial Pinner save, guiding a goal-bound effort onto the post before the danger was cleared.It was enough to ensure that the spoils were shared.

“There is no team in this tournament that we are not coming out to try and get the full win out of, and it is a good start for us”, said Ireland’s number 10 Alan Sothern after the match.“GB are a top class side so it's great to get some points on the board ahead of back to back games against Asian opposition, which will be an entirely different challenge.”

Great Britain goalkeeper George Pinner said: “It was pretty frustrating really, as we played well early on but drifted away from the game plan. Ireland are a better team than their ranking shows. We let them get back into the game, and full credit to them as they played well and took advantage.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
GBR	5	18	MIDDLETON Barry	FG	1 - 0
GBR	8	25	GRIFFITHS Chris	FG	2 - 0
IRL	19	24	GOOD Kyle	FG	2 - 1
IRL	36	3	JACKSON John	FG	2 - 2

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
GBR	16	26	CATLIN Nick	G
GBR	22	12	HOARE Michael	G
IRL	22	7	WATT Michael	G
IRL	28	3	JACKSON John	Y
GBR	40	30	AMES David	G
IRL	56	12	MAGEE Eugene	Y
GBR	59	16	DIXON Adam	Y

GBR

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	PINNER George
Bench	2	BAILEY James
5	6	WEIR Henry
X	7	JACKSON Ashley
5	9	MARTIN Harry
X	11	BROGDON Alastair
X	12	HOARE Michael		1
8	13	WARD Sam
5	14	GLEGHORNE Mark
X	16	DIXON Adam			1
X	18	MIDDLETON Barry	1
7	21	WHITEMAN Tim
X	22	CONDON David
X	24	LEWERS Iain
3	25	GRIFFITHS Chris	1
X	26	CATLIN Nick		1
X	27	FOX Dan
X	30	AMES David		1
		Team Manager	HALLIDAY Andy
		Head Coach	CRUTCHLEY Bobby
		Stand-In Manager	RALPH David
		Assistant Coach	BLEBY Jon
		Physiotherapist	SAWKINGS Julia
		Medical Doctor	WILKES Graeme

IRL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	HARTE David
X	3	JACKSON John	1		1
8	4	BELL Jonathan
X	6	GORMLEY Ronan
X	7	WATT Michael		1
X	8	CARGO Chris
5	10	SOTHERN Alan
5	11	DOWDS Stephen
X	12	MAGEE Eugene			1
5	13	CARUTH Peter
5	15	SHIMMINS Kirk
X	16	O'DONOGHUE Shane
8	19	CARLISLE Drew
X	20	DARLING Michael
Bench	23	FITZGERALD David
X	24	GOOD Kyle	1
X	26	GLEGHORNE Paul
X	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	WRIGHT John
Umpire 2	VAN EERT Roel
Reserve Umpire	PRASAD Raghu
Video Umpire	SIMMONDS Gary
Judge 1	WARRIS Rogier
Judge 2	SHARMA Anjali
Technical Officer	DECKENBROCK Christian