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• Ireland prosper but Malaysia secure INSEP title

  

  Ireland kept up their half of the bargain in their bid to claim the inaugural INSEP Five Nations title but ultimately had to settle for second place as Malaysia’s 4-2 win over hosts France sealed the title in their favour.

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• Penalty decision key as Ireland downed

  

  Women’s hockey World Cup Qualifiers – day seven Ireland 1 (Alex Speers) Australia 4 (Hope Munro 2, Nicole Arrold, Shelly Liddelow) Ireland produced a strong showing but ultimately closed out their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 4-1 defeat against the mighty Australia. The scoreline, though, was flattering to the hockeyroos but was good enough [...]

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• Australia within point of qualification

  

  World Cup Qualifiers – Day Five Australia 2 (Casey Eastham, Madonna Blyth) Scotland 1 (Holly Cram) Scotland gave Australia a reasonable scare in Santiago on Friday but nonetheless got the win that put them on the edge of a place in the World Cup, needing just a point from their game with Ireland on Sunday [...]

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• Ireland bow out after Scot's WCQ loss

  

  Women’s hockey World Cup Qualifiers – day four Ireland 0 Scotland 2 (Alison Bell, Vikki Bunce) Ireland’s mathematical chances of reaching the World Cup were ended this afternoon in Santiago and, while there was more life to their performance, a lack of real incision cost them dear against a zesty Scottish outfit. The Scots showed [...]

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• Malaysia lay waste to Irish dreams

  

  Women’s Hockey World Cup Qualifier Ireland 0 Malaysia 3 (Norbiani Hashim, Rabiatul Mohamad, Norazlin Sumantri) Gene Muller described Ireland’s performance as “the weakest for over the past two or three years” as they were left deflated by a sub-par performance this afternoon in Santiago to leave their World Cup dreams in tatters. Malaysia bossed the [...]

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• Muller zones in on tricky Malaysian tie

  

  After a turbulent build-up, Ireland finally get to do their talking on the pitch this afternoon at the revised time of 12pm (5pm, Irish time) when they go begin their search for a place at the World Cup in Argentina next August. They start out against Malaysia this afternoon, beginning a hectic run of four [...]

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• Chile bounce back to take Malaysian scalp

  

  World Cup Qualifiers (day two) Javiera Villagra’s second half penalty stroke enabled Chile to bounce back from their opening day defeat to Australia as they put Malaysia on the back foot with a 1-0 win on a gloomy afternoon in Santiago. The home team’s skipper was the stand-out player in a low quality affair which [...]

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• Australia enjoy comfortable WCQ start

  

  As three flagpoles stood unadorned (pictured right), Australia and Chile opened the World Cup Qualifier in Santiago in front of a large crowd at the impressive Manquehue complex with the pre-tournament favourites running up a comfortable 5-0 victory. Scarcely did they need any help but the Aussies from three tamely awarded corners, the first of [...]

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• FIH release new WCQ schedule

  

  The FIH has released the revised schedule for the Women’s World Cup Qualifier following the confirmation of new arrival dates of Ireland, Scotland and Malaysia. The tournament will still run within the original dates, 24th April – 2nd May, but with a round robin format as opposed to the group stages culminating in a final’s [...]

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• Irish squad to arrive in Chile on Monday

  

  Ireland’s women will arrive in Chile for their WCQ in two groups, the first arriving on Sunday and a second set landing in Santiago on Monday, April 25. Their flights have been confirmed with Air France and will be the fourth side to arrive at the tournament following the already in situ Chile and Australia [...]

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