Australia lifted the polocrosse world cup for the third time on Finals day at the 2019 Adina Polocrosse World Cup, becoming the first country to win the trophy three times. They defeated South Africa in the final and in the end it was a comfortable victory, after the match was initially close. Finals day also Read more…
World Cup News
Hosts and holders make the final on World Cup semi final day
World Cup semi finals day (also known as Saturday the 27th off April) saw the hosts Australia and the current world champions South Africa progress through to the final of the 2019 Adina Polocrosse World Cup as they defeated New Zealand and Zambia respectively. It also saw the UK and Ireland play off for 5th Read more…
Ireland set up clash with UK with a win against Zimbabwe
Ireland overcame Zimbabwe 26-19 in a very hard fought match to put themselves into the 5th/ 6th play off against the UK on Saturday evening. Zimbabwe will face USA in the 7th/ 8th play off on Sunday morning. It was a very close match throughout and until the last couple of chukkas there was never Read more…
UK beat USA to book place in 5th/6th play off
The UK defeated the USA in their play off match to decide who went into the 5th/ 6th play off and who went into the 7th/8th play off. In the end it was quite a comfortable victory as the UK stretched out to a 29-16 win over eight chukkas. The UK fans might have feared Read more…
Australia thump Zambia to win their group
Australia showed their fans why they should believe the World Cup is returning to Australia with a 25-8 win over Zambia on the fourth day of the 2019 Adina Polocrossse World cup, the biggest win for any team in the group stages. Both countries were already through to the group stages but this match would Read more…
South Africa make the semi finals with a win over UK
South Africa made the semi finals of the 2019 Adina Polocrosse World Cup tonight with a 18-11 win over the UK but it wasn’t the most polished performance from either team in what was overall a fairly scrappy and low scoring affair. Indeed up until chukka 5 the average number of goals per chukka was Read more…
Ireland beat the world beaters
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 survive late scare against USA
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 shock South Africa in group stages
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…
Australia stay on track with win against USA
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…