Hoc: Kookaburras sink Spanish to make men's hockey final

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2004
Hoc: Kookaburras sink Spanish to make men's hockey final

Australia bolted into its fourth Olympic men's hockey final with an emphatic 6-3 victory
over Spain in their semi-final in Athens tonight.

The Kookaburras have never won the gold medal despite being making the semi-finals
in their last six Olympic campaigns.

They will meet the Netherlands in Friday's final after the reigning Olympic champions
dismissed Germany 3-2 in an earlier semi-final.

The Kookaburras tonight pressed the Spanish out of their comfort zones and were ruthlessly
efficient in front of goal in the free-scoring encounter.

MICHAEL MCCANN celebrated his 100th international with a double while GRANT SCHUBERT
also bagged two goals in the match.

TROY ELDER and MATTHEW WELLS were Australia's other goalscorers on a night where everything
turned to gold for the green and gold.

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