Ireland 8 - 1 Czech RepublicAnna O’Flanagan’s brilliant four-goal salvo propelled Ireland’s women to within touching distance of an FIH Series Finals semi-final berth as they blitzed the Czech Republic 8-1 in Banbridge. Two years ago, the Czechs caused Ireland real problems, threatening to scupper their place in Europe’s top tier. “If you look back two years, our base level performance now is so much higher,” O’Flanagan said. It finished off Ireland’s biggest win since a 10-0 success against Tuesday’s final group opponent Singapore in 2017. “We knew these were the two main games in this group and this one was probably the group decider,” O’Flanagan said.

Source: Irish Examiner June 09, 2019 19:07 UTC