Jeremy Hayward and Tom Craig scored a hat-trick every, first of the match, at hand Australia a convincing 8-0 win over France in a Pool A match of the FIH males’s hockey World Cup on Friday. While Craig scored three subject objectives within the eighth, thirty first and forty fourth minutes, Hayward transformed three penalty corners in a span of 12 minutes as world No.1 Australia routed their opponents on the Kalinga Stadium. Hayward sounded the board within the twenty sixth, twenty eighth and thirty eighth minutes from set items.

Earlier within the day, former Olympic champions Argentina have been made to toil by world No.14 South Africa earlier than registering a 1-0 win within the opening Pool A match. After a barren and hard-fought first two quarters, Argentina, the 2016 Olympic champions, scored the winner within the forty second minute by way of a subject effort from Casella Maico.

But it was removed from rosy for the Los Leones because it was South Africa who pressed arduous within the first quarter however didn’t convert their possibilities into constructive outcomes.

In the second quarter, Argentina got here again strongly and secured three penalty corners in succession however wasted all as South Africa defended stoutly.

After the change of ends, South Africa had the primary shy on the purpose within the type of a penalty nook however the alternative was wasted.

Argentina broke the impasse within the forty second minute when Casella capitalised on a counter-attack and scored a superb subject purpose from Toscani’s go.

Down a purpose, South Africa got here out attacking within the fourth and last quarter, however the Argentine defence stood agency to stifle their rivals’ forays and register a hard-fought win.

Argentina will face Australia on January 16 right here, whereas South Africa will tackle France of their subsequent pool match on the identical day.

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