Netherlands beat England 4 - 3 to take World Cup bronze

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Netherlands rallied to beat England 4-3 to win the bronze medal at the men's hockey World Cup on Saturday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Netherlands rallied to beat England 4-3 to win the bronze medal at the men's hockey World Cup on Saturday.

Ashley Jackson scored twice to give European champions England a 3-1 lead at halftime before the Dutch came back strongly in the second half.

Holders Germany will meet tournament favourites Australia in the final later on Saturday.

Rogier Hofman scored the winner for former champions Netherlands with three minutes remaining.

Earlier, Dutch defender Taeke Taekema converted a penalty corner and Klaas Vermeulen scored the equaliser, the ball deflecting into the goal off English defender Alastair Wilson's stick.

(Reporting by Sanjay Rajan in Chennai, editing by Tony Jimenez)