70 mins - Full time - Rotterdam 6 Pembroke 1

A few last chants from the crowd and its all over. Some harsh lessons to be learned about the level needed to compete with the bog boys, a first encounter with a Dutch side by an Irish side in the EHL shows the standards being set at the very top. Pembroke's players applaud the crowd but can reflect on a weekend where the primary objective was acheived. They pose for a few photos and disperse for their warm-down.

Full report on the Hook in due course.

68 mins

Another chance skims just wide as two Rotterdam attackers dive at a ball in.

67 mins - GOAL - Rotterdam 6 Pembroke 1

A peach from Phil Burrows as he redirects vd Horst's ball past Henderson. A measure of the pace on the ball is that vd Horst's stick broke in the process!

65 mins

Pembroke looking very tired out there. They've put in a heavy stint. Fulton gets a great tackle in on Jeroen

64 mins - GOAL Rotterdam 5 Pembroke 1

Jeroen - straight drag - he whips it in for his hat-trick.

Rotterdam 5 Pembroke 1

63 mins

Jeroen's reverse comes up off a Pembroke stick and it loops just wide. Pritchard has a go at it mid-air  but Ehlers awards Rotterdam their third corner

62 mins

Could well be a card here for Fulton, poor challenge, the game plays on, though, with no stoppage for 30, 40, 50 seconds... finally a break in play but nothing doing.

61 mins

Quick thinking at the auto-pass from McConnell and he's in a scoring position but his reverse is dealt with.

59 mins

Razor sharp Rotterdam attack but Lewis gets back to clear the danger

58 mins

Sjoerd Gerretsen makes his way to the flick spot with the ball but finds Nigel Henderson standing tall and the save rebounds onto the left midfielders foot and its a free out.

57 mins

Briefly three on three - but Fulton's lay-off goes awry and the chance is gone.

56 mins

"There's only two Stephen Dorans" - one of the odder chants of the day

54 mins

Jeroen shows some of his 'Let's dance' skills as he flashes in a reverse - he has been part of a celebrity come dancing style show on Dutch television in the last week. Gormley gets a touch to keep it out.

54 mins

Conor Harte makes another interception, the big man has been colossal in defence.

THREE QUARTER TIME - Rotterdam 4 Pembroke 1

A couple of late probes are repelled by Pembroke and there's no further damage. No doubt about the highlight of the quarter, Nigel Henderson's incredibly headed save, no fear whatsoever. A decent quarter for Pembroke in terms of possession and chances but looks very much like they'll be taking second spot in the pool. One last push to end a good weekend's work.

50 mins - GOAL - Rotterdam 4 Pembroke 1

Pritchard goes down the barrel and takes a nasty ball to the body from vs Horst's drag. He takes a quick break and is back for the reset effort.

This time its smartly switched right and vs Horst roofs this effort for 4-1.

49 mins

vd Horst cuts right through the Pembroke defence, tackled by Tim Lewis but it rolls down his stick onto his foot for another corner.

48 mins

Sherriff thinks he's won a corner, finding a defender's foot but Lizana rules it out for driving into the p0layer.

46 mins

They do have a Jeroen drag-flick... but its fairly weak and Henderson saves but Hidde Kruize's rebound is a zinger - but Henderson saves with a firm head-butt over the bar. Crowd loves it!

45 mins

Clever play from a five metre allows Jeroen to pick Tim Lewis foot and Rotterdam's first corner of the game. No Sohail Abbas this year!

45 mins

Shot of Craig Fulton on the EuroSport screen - he hasn't been on the pitch much today.

47 mins

Giles intercept on halfway from Gerretsen, feeds Gordy Elliott who gets to the byline and finds McConnell but his shot is weak and is scrambled away by Blaak.

42 mins

Rotterdam back to 11 men but Pembroke enjoying a good spell.

41 mins

Henderson collapses on another attack to mute the danger - very different style to Harte who acts more as a sweeper in the circle but has been reasonably effective to date.

40 mins

McConnell ball finds Mossie close in to goal but he can't dig it out of his feet to shoot from four yards and the chance is gone. Good chance that.

39 mins

vd Horst ghosts through the centre of the Pembroke defence only for Harte to produce an amazing full length tackle to block the shot. Maurits is sin-binned, meaning he passes the captain's armband to brother Willem. Pembroke with man advantage again.

37 mins

Jeroen sets a great ball into Burrows path but the return pass is behind him and the attack breaks down.

36 mins

And we're back in action. Cross wind still slightly in effect, still hot.

HALF TIME - Pembroke 1 Rotterdam 3

That goal with Pembroke some hope of nicking a result. Rotterdam's speed of thought and movement is a joy to behold and shows the different strata in club hockey across the continent. But Pembroke have rode their luck and hung in there to grow into the fixture. A couple of chances were created and Mossie Elliott is proving a handful. Sothern's blockbuster makes it a much more appetising half-time score of:

Pembroke 1 Rotterdam 3

34 mins

Henderson pulls off a stunning save and the rebound from Ryan Archibald is deflected wide by a swarm of Pembroke defenders.