Nice Britain certified for the lads’s hockey quarter-finals with a sport to spare after an exciting late fightback to attract 2-2 with the Netherlands.
Sam Ward struck twice within the closing minutes at Oi Hockey Stadium as Britain responded to a 5-1 drubbing from Germany of their earlier match.
His finishes cancelled out an excellent crew aim from Thierry Brinkman and a Jip Janssen strike for the Dutch.
“To come back again from 2-0 all the way down to get a draw so late is huge,” mentioned Ward.
“It is the springboard we have to plough on.
“It reveals that some days you may simply grind out the work-rate. We’re a bunch of very match blokes, and that’s what shone by.
“We’re constructing into the event. We had two cracking outcomes, then we obtained a little bit of a pumping [against Germany], however generally you want a little bit of a slap within the face.”
Nice Britain’s girls additionally face the Netherlands of their subsequent group sport on Thursday, whereas the lads tackle Belgium of their closing group fixture at 12:15 BST on Friday.
