Even though Aotearoa's Black Sticks Men rolled out their best performance of the pool stage at the Men's World Cup in the 2-2 draw with Spain, they had to come back from 2-0 down in the 4th quarter and then watch as France upset Argentina 5-3 to snatch 2nd place in pool A.
Aotearoa's Black Sticks made some much needed improvements from their opening win over France in their second game vs Argentina, although a few lapses in concentration saw the classy South Americans walk away with a 3-0 win.
UFC Adelaide was a 'shit day at the office' for the Juggernaut team with Mark Hunt, Tai Tuivasa and Tyson Pedro suffering defeat. It was a delightful day at the office for Auckland City Kickboxing though as Kai Kara France won vs Elias Garcia via a decision, in his first UFC fight.
This week leading into UFC Adelaide has been hectic, so getting around to cover the #KiwiUFC angle of Mark Hunt and Kai Kara France was put on the back-burner.
All that really matters from Aotearoa Black Sticks' first game vs France at the Men’s Hockey World Cup, was that they grabbed a win and 3 points.