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‘You have to up your game. If not you will be punished’
MADDIE HINCH speaks with Ben Saunders ahead of Team GB's game against the orange powerhouse of the Netherlands today
Maddie Hinch saves a penalty from Netherland's Maartje Paumen during the gold medal match at the Olympic Hockey Centre, in 2016

MADDIE HINCH says that Great Britain must be “up for the fight” when they take on the orange powerhouse of the Netherlands in the FIH Pro League in London’s Olympic Park this afternoon.

Maddie Hinch

The goalkeeper, who blanked the Dutch in the Rio Olympic final shootout to secure gold for GB three years ago, won’t be playing despite recently returning to the international set-up after almost a year off.

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