WINCHESTER’S Rob Moore was on target for GB last night in their Olympic men’s hockey semi-final against the Netherlands.

But there was no happy ending as it was merely a consolation as Moore and co were embarrassingly outclassed 9-2 by the Dutch.

Two early defensive lapses put the Brits 2-0 down in the blink of an eye.

Ashley Jackson did then pull one back, but rarely have dawns proved to be so false as seven more goals flew past James Fair in the GB goal.

Moore’s late consolation was just that for the home side with the damage already done and defender Richard Smith struggled to find the words to explain their performance.

Portsmouth-born Smith said: “There were early mistakes but at this level we just got punished and a confident side just kept coming at us and did not give us a sniff.

“It was always going to be an entertaining game and we were excited, but they came out and were too good for us from the off and we never got into our full flow.

“That scoreline is not a fair reflection of the two teams’ quality but they finished their chances and were definitely a few goals better than us.

“I don’t believe in luck or anything like that. You make your own at this level and we didn’t make anything like enough and I’m not really sure why.

“I knew there would be a lot of goals; I just didn’t think they were all going to go the one way because these are two attacking sides.

“It just got away from us and the more we pushed on the more we got punished as they were able to take their time and pick us apart.”

A bronze medal is still on the cards for Britain tomorrow when they take on the No.1 ranked side in the world Australia, a team they drew with 3-3 in the group stages.