McLeod: We are safe
02/23/2010 07:14:18 PM
players."
McLeod had assurances from John Key and Hockey New Zealand before travelling to India, with both saying there was 'no reason not for us to go'.
"A real positive is the organisation has stepped up to a level that it should be for these events to happen – incident free – and maybe it wouldn’t have been done had there not been a threat."
New Zealand, who is ranked eighth in the world, plays its first match against eleventh ranked Canada on Monday.
The defending champions Germany, Korea and Argentina are in the Kiwis pool while Australia is expected to feature strongly.