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Australia Kookaburras vs Great Britain: Olympic men’s hockey live scores, blog

11th August, 2016
Start: 9:30am (AEST)
Venue: Olympic Hockey Centre, Rio de Janeiro
TV: Live, Seven Network
Online: Olympics on 7 app or Olympics on 7 website
It is time for an Australian hockey league to rival our other leagues. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)
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11th August, 2016
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The Australia Kookaburras are still trying to find their feet at the Rio Olympics and are looking to bounce back against Great Britain. Join The Roar from 9:30am (AEST) for all the action.

The Australians haven’t got off to the start they wanted, after coming into the Games as strong gold medal contenders.

A less-than-convincing 2-1 win over trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in their tournament opener showed some early signs of rust, but it was an important win nonetheless.

» Kookaburras vs Great Britain match report

It has been far from smooth sailing from there, though.

An upset 1-0 loss to underdogs Spain knocked the Kookaburras onto the back foot.

Another one-goal defeat, this time to Belgium, yesterday has the Aussies at the wrong end of the standings, and on the cusp of elimination with two games to play.

For their part, Great Britain have also bumped into Belgium and the Kiwis, with similar success.

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A 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Belgians was a heavy blow to start their medal hunt.

A 2-all draw against a resilient New Zealand outfit, that refused to concede the deadlock, left them with a lot to do in their remaining games.

But do it they did against Brazil, steamrolling (that’s putting it lightly) the host nation 9-1.

Both Australia and Great Britain find themselves in near identical positions at the moment – a win would set them up for a finals berth, but defeat would leave them hanging precariously on the edge of elimination.

Australia’s last game will be against a Brazilian side that has so far conceded seven, 12 and nine goals in their opening three matches.

The Aussies sit just one point behind Britain, in Group A’s fourth spot.

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