AUS vs FRA: On Friday, Australia dramatically defeated France. In the contest that was played in Bhubaneswar, Australia won 8-0. Australia started building pace right away and kept it up to the very end. For Australia, Jeremy Hayward and Tom Craig both contributed 3 goals.
Tom Wickham and Flann Ogilvie both netted 1 goal. The French squad appeared to be having trouble the whole game. They were unable to register even 1 goal.
AUS vs FRA: Australia’s Fierce Display
In their opening game of the 2023 Hockey World Cup, Australia easily defeated France. From the beginning of the initial period, Australians had generated momentum. In the opening frame, Australia’s Tom Craig responded.
In the opening period, Craig’s scoring drive provided the side a 1-0 advantage. Following this, Australia put on a fierce display and scored 3 goals in the 2nd period. In the 26th minute of this, Flann Ogilvie made a strike. While the squad earned penalty corners in the 26th and the 28th minute. Australia had a 4-0 advantage after the 2nd quarter thanks to this strategy.
AUS vs FRA: The Kangaroos were raining goals in the French Half
In the 3rd quarter as again, Australian players maintained their attacking play style. France was undoubtedly having a difficult time striking against Australia in retaliation, though 3 more goals were netted by Australia in the 3rd period.
In the 31st minute, Tom Craig struck a goal for the side. In the 44th minute, Craig added another goal. While in the 38th, Jeremy Hayward converted. As a result, Australia had a 7-0 advantage at the conclusion of the 3rd quarter.
AUS vs FRA: French Defence was teared apart by the Australian players
Australia stripped France of the contest in the last seconds of the 2nd quarter. Flynn Ogilvie and Jeremy Hayward both scored twice for the Kangaroos in a span of 4 minutes, giving them a commanding 4-0 lead at the break.
In the 2nd quarter, if France had any hopes of pulling off a turnaround. Australia did not give them any chances.
Tom Craig and Jeremy Hayward put up an excellent hattrick
The world’s best team added to France’s misery by striking through Tom Craig and then Jeremy Hayward to complete his hat trick and make it look like a one-way flow with a 6-0 advantage. Tom Craig finished up his hat-trick in the last seconds of the 3rd quarter, and Tom Wickham added one more to secure a commanding victory for the Kangaroos. Craig’s goal in the initial quarter gave the Australians the lead away from the French.
However, France battled valiantly and continued to fire anything the Australians threw at them. The outcome has also pushed Australia to the front of Pool A’s rankings despite the fact, Argentina won, they have a huge goal difference lead. Argentina will now be the opponents of Australia in its upcoming group-stage match, which is slated to take place on January 16.
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