Australia
History of Polocrosse in Australia
Founding nation of the sport of polocrosse and of the World Cup championships, inaugural champions and this year's hosts, the Australians have twice won the Polocrosse World Cup.
Having lost in the final of the past two World Cups, the Australians are keen to reclaim the championship on home turf at the Adina Polocrosse World Cup 2019.
The World Cup was begun as an initiative of Les Fraser, president of the Warwick Polocrosse Club in Queensland. The first two World Cups were hosted by the Warwick Polocrosse Club, before being sent overseas for two years. For 2019, Warwick Polocrosse Club again won the privilege of hosting the World Cup.
Australia at the World Cup
2003 – 1st
2007 – 1st
2011 – 3rd
2015 – 3rd (current world ranking)
What will give Australia an edge at the World Cup?
A very good team for a start with great players for all key positions - and they get on together exceptionally well. The team has both youth and experience, and here are some very good horsemen on the team.
Training
The Australian team will get together as often as possible to train, though this is difficult with players living in three states, including one living 4,000km from the others. The team will play two test series against New Zealand prior to World Cup.
Who to watch
The men’s side have all played in a World Cup and been beaten and they don’t want to go through that again. For this World Cup the team has insight into how the current world champions play having played South Africa in a test series in 2017.
Abbott Grills will be the captain and Lucy Grills the vice captain of the Aussie Roos.
