Meredith hails spirited Ireland
Having seen off minnows Oman 7-2 on Saturday, Ireland produced their best performance of the tournament to see off China 4-0 in their crunch game yesterday, Shane O’Donoghue augmenting Peter Brown’s opener with a hat-trick of drag-flicks.
A tough build-up with absent players and frozen off training sessions were far from ideal preparation but Ireland came close to claiming the tournament outright.