The shocks continued on day three of the Adina Polocrosse World Cup as Ireland overcame New Zealand, the team who the day before beat the current World Champions South Africa. New Zealand went into the match as strong favourites and Ireland as big underdogs but that probably suited Ireland better, they are a team who Read more…
Zimbabwe overcame a battling USA side 19-17 to finish third in their pool with the USA in fourth. It was clearly a match both teams felt they could win, having both lost to Australia and Zambia already. It looked initially like Zimbabwe might run away with it but the USA fought themselves back into the Read more…
New Zealand pulled off the first world cup upset as they overcame the ruling world champions South Africa by 16 goals to 14 on day 2 of the Adina Polocrosse World Cup. With most of the Australia crowd behind them they lead from the start, though South Africa did draw level at 12 all at Read more…
The third game of day two at the Adina Polocrossse World Cup saw the hosts take on the USA. From the start it was clear that Australia meant business and if the USA wanted to avoid a heavy defeat they would need to play well. The first chukka was pretty much one way traffic, the Read more…
The second match of the second day of the Adina Polocrossse World Cup saw another local derby as neighbours Zimbabwe and Zambia took each other on. Going into the match the view was that Zambia should win this match and in doing so secure their semi final spot. Zimbabwe had lost to Australia on the Read more…
The first match of day two of the Adina Polocrosse World Cup saw a local derby between the UK and Ireland. Both teams were coming off the back of defeats on day one and both desperately needed a win to keep any hopes of a semi final place alive. The UK had a bad day Read more…
The final match of the first day at the 2019 Adina Polocrossse World Cup was Zambia versus the USA. Zambia are a fairly well known quantity, they came second last time and their team is broadly unchanged, as they look to go one better this time. The USA, on the other hand, have quite a Read more…
South Africa started their campaign for a straight third world cup win today with a match against Ireland. Only the most fanantical Ireland fan would probably have ever believed they could overcome the double world champions but what most of their fans will probably be happy with is that they got this match out the Read more…
The second match of the 2019 Adina Polocrossse World Cup, New Zealand versus the United Kingdom, had all the hall marks of being a possible classic. Two teams who hadn’t played each other for 8 years, who both had finished second once in the previous four world cups, who had once fought out one of Read more…
The 2019 Adina Polocrosse World Cup got underway in Warwick, Queensland today with some action packed matches and some brilliant displays from horses and their riders. Morgan Park prides itself on being the best polocrossse venue in the world and there is no doubt after 12 years of not hosting this event they are aiming Read more…