Wales eye fifth against Malaysia after Japan win

Jolyon Morgan (centre) celebrates scoring a hat-trick

Jolyon Morgan's hat-trick helped Wales men beat Japan 6-4 to give them a chance of finishing fifth at the FIH Nations Cup in Malaysia.

Wales will face Malaysia on Saturday and will finish at least sixth after they fought back from 3-2 down against Japan.

Malaysia later beat South Africa 4-2 to secure their place in the ranking play-off against Wales, a game that starts at 09:00 BST in Kuala Lumpur.

Fred Newbold of Wales and Japan's Ryoma Ooka exchanged early goals and after Morgan struck his first, Japan seized the initiative through Koji Yamasaki and Kazumasa Matsumoto.

Sam Welsh levelled and Morgan put Wales ahead before he completed his hat-trick.

Veteran Gareth Furlong sealed the win with a late effort before Kosei Kawabe's finale.

Furlong said: "All the games have been really close, all the teams here are really well matched so really happy to get over the line today.

"To score six goals, any team would be really happy with that. But we probably do need to tidy up a little bit defensively.

"Just before half-time we were a little bit sloppy in ball possession and gave them a way back into the game. But credit to the guys for coming back from 3-2 down."