Black day for Sticks after Oz dominate

The signs were ominous from the get-go - hundreds of eagles circling overhead at Major Dyan Chand Stadium like vultures, ready to pick over the carcass of the New Zealand men's hockey team.
It was left to Australia to complete the job, leaving the Black Sticks to fight for Commonwealth Games bronze after a 6-2 defeat in Delhi today.
The Kookaburras took the entire first half to break down the gallant men's team. But when they did the goals came in a flood - 3-0 up at halftime became 4-0 soon after the break.
New Zealand scored twice through Blair Hilton and Phil Burrows late in the second half to make it mildly interesting as a contest but Australia's class told with two more late goals.
The Black Sticks will meet England, who lost the second semifinal to India, in the bronze medal match tomorrow.
Midfielder Simon Child, who had a couple of good lashes in the first half - one which went wide and the other producing a good save from Aussie goalkeeper Nathan Burgers - said the first half was like trying to swim against a green and gold tsunami.
"The big feature of the Aussie game is that they're just so relentless.
"They've won every tournament they've played in the past 12 months so we knew we'd have to play well to get anywhere near them."
Child thought the umpire's decision to deny a goal that would have made the score 4-3 into the final 10 minutes, because Phil Burrows lifted the ball into the circle, was harsh.
"That would have made it interesting and put some pressure on them for a change. It was pretty unlucky."
Australia have won gold at the last three Commonwealth Games, are ranked No1 in the world and also have the Champions Trophy and World Cups locked away.
New Zealand were under the cosh from the outset today but kept dodging Aussie bullets as goalkeeper Kyle Pontifex made several acrobatic saves, until Simon Orchard got them on the board when the Black Sticks failed to clear.
Glenn Turner made it 2-0 with a far post deflection and two became three when Jason Wilson launched from the circle's edge.
Des Abbott added another early in the second half before Blair Hilton was picked out by Burrows and pinched one back.
With 10 minutes to play Burrows deflected in a cross, but Turner and Orchard extinguished any hint of a comeback.