Holcombe goalkeeper Ollie Payne, team-mate Nick Bandurak and Phil Roper help lead England men's hockey team to Commonwealth Games bronze
11:00, 08 August 2022
updated: 19:16, 08 August 2022
A healthy contingent of Holcombe players helped lead England men’s hockey team to Commonwealth Games bronze on Monday.
They bounced back from their narrow weekend semi-final loss against Australia to beat South Africa 6-3 in Birmingham.
Goalkeeper Ollie Payne and Nick Bandurak were involved while Phil Roper - who is due to join Holcombe after a spell in the Netherlands - struck twice.
England’s other semi-final goals came from Zach Wallace, Rhys Smith, Liam Ansell and Sam Ward.
The men’s hockey bronze came after the gold won by the women's side a day earlier, with Canterbury’s Grace Balsdon one of the England players to end up with a gold medal.
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