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In today's first hockey match, defending champions Australia beat Ireland 2-1. China gave the first upset of the tournament by holding England for a 2-2 draw.

Australia vs Ireland.

Defending champions Australia registered a convincing 2-1 victory over Ireland in their first Pool B match of the ongoing 14th edition of the Men&#39;s Hockey World Cup here at the Kalinga Stadium on Friday.

	Australia, who are one of the&nbsp;favorites&nbsp;to win this prestigious tournament, were expected to play a dominant game with the lower ranked Ireland and so they did. In the very first minute of the match, Australian players were inside the Ireland D but the Irish defenders did a good job to deflate the attack. 
	 
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	The world number side continued to attack the Irish goal post and all their attempts reaped fruit in the eleventh minute of the match when they got their first penalty corner. Their forward player Blake Govers made a stunning strike to score the first goal for his side.

	After a couple of minutes, Ireland struck back as they scored an equalizer in the 13th minute of the match. Irish forward player Shane O&#39;Donoghue pounced on to a pass from Eugene Magee and made hit a beautiful stroke with an absolute precision to make it 1-1 by the end of the first quarter.

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STAY TUNED FOR ENGLAND vs CHINA CLASH

AT FULL TIME: Australia make an winning start as they beat Ireland 2-1 in first Pool B match

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Hockey World Cup 2018, Day 3, Match Australia vs Ireland 
 
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51st minute: Australia fail to hold the injection. Penalty Corner wasted

51st minute: Penalty Corner for Australia

48th minute: Australia pressing hard and Ireland getting chances on counter attack but they fails to find their players in the Australian circle

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		&nbsp;| LIVE | Glimpses from the third quarter of the game that has seen plenty of action! Stay tuned for more&nbsp; 
		 
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44th minute: 2 Free hit for Ireland just outside the circle but they fails to capitalise on it

43rd minute: Ireland review for Penalty Corner. The ball did hit the defender knee by it was from back stick

36th minute: There was a foot earlier by the attacking team than the ball hit the Irish player. Australia keep their referrel

35th minute: Australia Reviews for Penalty Corner