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@JonoMarshall
Wall thickness is better... go for the narrow end. The only advantage over the larger diameter would be if the materials remained of the same thickness as you'd be absorbing impacts across more material.
Thin ends are more likely to damage other people's poles too, double win.
(It's worth noting that a thin diameter pole will fold before a thicker diameter pole, but we rarely invoke such a high impact in polo, really you're trying to avoid big dents, once the impact goes past 30% rigidity or so, a thicker pole is stronger, but by then both poles would be pretty much dead anyway.)