The World Cup games slowed down to two matches a day over Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th of July as the teams battled it out for places in the World Cup final and to decide the line ups for the play offs. However, there were also two Barbarians versus South Africa development test Read more…
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The International Polocrosse Council (IPC) member countries (and we believe representatives from the smaller associate countries such as France and Canada) meet today to discuss the running of international polocrosse and also to vote in a new IPC board. There is currently a temporary board in place after a number of the previous board stepped Read more…
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Day 3 saw the final round of group games and these would sort out the semi final line up for the Ignition Polocrosse World Cup. With the top four teams already decided, as they all had two wins from two games, it was now simply up to them to sort out between themselves who would Read more…
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Day 2 of the Ignition Polocrosse World Cup saw some great action from all the teams and some really close battles, including a match going to golden goal for the first time this World Cup. It also saw a number of falls, as players over reached and a number of ponies slipped. The forecast today Read more…
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Day 1 at the Ignition Polocrosse World Cup 2024 saw victories for all the top four ranked sides in the world, though all of them were pushed at points before clinching victories in the latter stages of the game. Shongweni showground was packed with fans who were treated to an excellent day of play at Read more…
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As the sixth World Cup rapidly approaches we decided to have a look at players who will be appearing and also the players who have appeared in the previous five! Which players have appeared the most in the last twenty one years? Which players have appeared for the most different countries? Which countries have had Read more…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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