Kiwi Under 21 Men finish strongly at Junior World Cup

The New Zealand Under 21 Men have finished on a high after a dominant 4-1 result over South Africa at the Junior World Cup.

The Kiwis were in control from the opening whistle in the 9th/10th classification playoff, lifted by a double from Man of the Match Mac Wilcox.

South Africa lifted after halftime but the damage had already been done with New Zealand pouring on all four goals in the first half.

Wilcox opened the scoring in the 12th minute after pouncing on a penalty corner deflection and slapping a hard shot past the goalkeeper.

Three minutes later Wilcox doubled the lead when he received a great pass across the circle from Oliver Logan to hit into goal.

New Zealand opened a three goal buffer from a 19th minute penalty corner with Dominic Newman slapping past the keeper from out wide.

Dylan Thomas made it 4-0 just before halftime after a long ball saw the South Africa defenders exposed for Thomas to beat the goalkeeper with a skillful left to right move.

South Africa played a much better second half defensively and managed to score a goal midway through the third quarter through Courtney Halle.

NEW ZEALAND 4: (Mac Wilcox 2, Dominic Newman, Dylan Thomas)

SOUTH AFRICA 1: (Courtney Halle)

Halftime: New Zealand 4-0





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