Ireland open campaign with big win over Chile

Ireland’s men made a huge statement as they began their Olympic qualification campaign with an 8-0 rout of Chile at the World League 2 in San Diego.

Craig Fulton’s side, hoping to erase the pain of just missing out in 2012, had the game wrapped up after 15 minutes thanks to goals from Mitch Darling, Conor Harte, Alan Sothern and Bruce McCandless.

The scoring slowed thereafter but a Mikey Watt brace, another from Darling and one from Stephen Dowds finished the job.