Goals from Kookaburra young guns Jeremy Hayward and
Matthew Dawson sealed a maiden World League hockey crown for Australia with a
2-1 win over Belgium in Raipur.
Man of the Match Hayward's unstoppable shot into
the top-right corner early in the second quarter put Graham Reid's men in front
before Dawson's drag flick doubled their advantage midway through the third
period.
Simon Gougnard scored a late consolation goal for
Belgium with an overtime penalty corner rebound.
There was further celebration for the Kookaburras
following the match with Jamie Dwyer awarded player of the tournament.
"It was a good effort tonight," Reid
said.
"Again, it was a really good start and we made
some opportunities early. We tried a few different tactics tonight and it's
good that they came off.
"It was quite apt that both the guys who
scored tonight were our young guys. It's been a long trip here in India and for
them to be able to put it together at the business end is pleasing."
Reid will announce his Olympic training squad in
ten days' time and said he'd been given plenty of food for thought from this
tournament.
"We've gathered a hell of a lot of good
information while we've been in India," he said.
"We've got out of it everything that we wanted
and it was fantastic to bring the whole squad here for the Tests before the
World League."
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