Irish manager says Swiss are no pushover

THE Irish men’s hockey team will have to quickly overcome their disappointment of failing to beat Belgium on Monday and missing out on a top eight finish in the European Championships, or they could lose further momentum.

That was the view last night of Ireland team manager Stephen Hiles, who said the game against Switzerland tomorrow, would be no cake walk.

Hiles said the Swiss were no pushovers and had only lost narrowly to both England and Poland and probably had their own disappointments to recover from.