Black Sticks Men win Nations Cup again

The Black Sticks Men celebrate their FIH Nations Cup victory in Kuala Lumpur. PHOTO: BLACK STICKS

The Black Sticks Men's hockey team have defended their FIH Nations Cup title with a big win over Pakistan in Malaysia.

Within the first minute, Scott Boyde had the ball in the back of the net, only for it to be overturned after a referral.

Two minutes later, New Zealand scored again through Sean Findlay off a penalty corner but again, Pakistan referred and it was overturned. 

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 Scott Cosslett scored the first goal for the Black Sticks from a drag flick before yet another goal was disallwed.

Sam Hiha with a deflection field goal took New Zealand to 2-0 after the end of the first quarter.

Two more goals in the first four minutes of the second quarter, one to Dylan Thomas and another to Sean Findlay kept Pakistan on the back foot.

Boyde added another field goal to make it 5–0 by the end of the second quarter and all but have the title sewn up after 22 goal scoring attempts.

Pakistan did manage two late goals but Cosslett also added another for New Zealand to well and truly hammer home the advantage

Goal keeper Dom Dixon was awarded ‘Goalkeeper of the Tournament’ and Nic Woods was named back-to-back ‘Most Valuable Player’.