England clinched an opening day Group C victory over Jamaica as they defeated the Caribbean nation 14-11 in Jeju, Korea on Friday.

Zak Spreckley and Drew Wilkinson were outstanding performers with five and four goals respectively as England held back a late surge in momentum from their opponents to claim the win and top the group.

The last time these two sides played each other was at the 2022 iteration of this competition that ended in a convincing 10-2 win for England but there was no such luck for the boys in white this time around as Jamaica showed their quality throughout.

Despite never going behind in the game, England could never truly pull away from Jamaica as a 4-4 opening quarter showed.

A more convincing 5-1 second quarter from the young lions saw them take a four-goal lead into the second half but another tight quarter in the third ended the scores at 13-8 and meant that England still needed to concentrate to grab the win.

England made it difficult for themselves, conceding three goals without reply in the first eight minutes of the final quarter but a goal from Ben Jackson in the last two minutes ensured a 14-11 win in the sweltering Korean heat.

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England 14-11 Jamaica (4-4, 5-1, 4-3, 1-3)

England scorers | Zak Spreckley (5G), Drew Wilkinson (4G), Jamie Mochan (2G), Ellis Baythorpe (1G, 1A), Archie Gold (2A), Spencer Mason (2A), Alex Cartwright (1G), Will Brown (1A), Ben Jackson (1G).