Illawarra’s Kookaburras Blake Govers and Flynn Ogilvie have been at the forefront in their pool games at the hockey World Cup in India.
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Govers has scored in all three games and is in the running for the top scorer with five goals.
After his indifferent performance at the Rio Olympics, the Park player has now regained his confidence and perfected his drag flicks with precision.
After his hat trick in the 11-0 drubbing of China, Govers pocketed 50,000 rupees for the player of the match.
“We had a great game today and really gelled together so it was positive,” Govers said post-match.
“We had no clue what to expect. We just stuck to our game plan. We were playing China and had a game plan, that’s it really.”
We had a great game today and really gelled together so it was positive.
- Blake Govers
He opened the scoring in the 10th minute and added the third in the 19th minute from superb drag flicks before completing his hat-trick in the 34th minute with a rocket shot.
Flynn Ogilvie scored the final goal in the 49th minute with a full blast hit from the top of the circle. Govers started his World Cup campaign against Ireland with the opening goal in the 11th minute for a 2-1 win.
The Kookaburras now advance to the quarter-finals and will face either France or China again on Wednesday.
