Ireland secure place in Olympic play-off final

Ireland put in a performance of real maturity at the Electric Ireland FIH Road to London to secure the 1-1 draw they needed with Malaysia to advance to a winner-takes-all playoff for Olympic qualification against Korea tomorrow (4pm).

Having bossed the game for long periods but seen their short corner routines falter, Ireland were then hit by a sucker-punch from the Malaysians when a diving Nabil Fiqri redirected Sukri's crash ball home on 40 minutes.