Ireland hit for six by deadly Dutch

Ireland 0 Netherlands 6

Consequently, the Netherlands did pretty much as was expected of a team ranked number one in the world right now when playing a team like Ireland who are currently 14th in the world standings.

With one eye on the final Pool A game against Italy today, coach Gene Muller was always going to have equivocal feelings about playing the Dutch and it was no surprise that a couple of regular starters were stood down, not least number one goalie Mary Goode.