Hockey: NZ record pre-Olympic victory

8.30am

The New Zealand men's hockey team has scored a 1-0 win over Great Britain in an Olympic warm up game in Barcelona.

The match was played on Friday morning our time after being postponed from Thursday because of heavy rain.

Bevan Hari scored the winner in the first half.

Coach Kevin Towns says it has really shaken off the cobwebs and it has been a huge relief to finally play again after two weeks since their last game.

He says it has been niggly at the last few sessions, so to face an opponent and play was something all the players have been hanging out for.

Towns says more important than the result was the fact they put together some very good moves.

The win comes on the back of Thursday's good news on injured player Ryan Archibald.

Towns says the team is relatively injury free for their final trip to Athens on Saturday with a few warm up games scheduled for next week before the start of the Olympic tournament.

- NEWSTALK ZB