MEET the Illawarra's newest hockey Kookaburras, Blake Govers and Flynn Ogilvie.
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On the local scene they may be the fiercest hockey rivals playing for their clubs Albion Park and University, but they are now together playing for the Australian hockey team in the recent Hobart international Challenge.
They joined Illawarra's other Kookaburras Tristan White and Kieran Govers, the older brother of Blake Govers.
After the initial trial matches against Pakistan and Korea, Blake and Flynn stayed behind to play for the Kookaburras while another trialist Jack Hayes did not make the cut.
Back to the Hobart Challenge, where the two Illawarra juniors took on the might of New Zealand, Pakistan and Korea and playing alongside more senior Olympic players Jamie Dwyer, Chris Cirello and Eddie Okendon.
In the final match of the Challenge, Ogilvie played a starring role in the 6-0 win over Pakistan. With having a hand in the opening goal scored by Okendon, Ogilvie scored the final goal from a huge tomahawk with two minutes to full-time. This was his fourth goal for the Kookaburras for his 13th cap.
Govers scored his third goal in as many games for the Kookas and capped off a great tournament.
In the 5-2 win over New Zealand last Saturday, Govers scored the second goal from a drag flick and closely following from his elder brother's speciality from penalty corners.
Earlier in the week, Govers scored the opening goal in the seventh minute in the 5-0 win over Korea, and was receiving great support from Flynn Ogilvie for another great win in the Challenge.
In the local league, Albion Park got the better of premiers University, beating them 5-0 with goals from Josh and Callum Mayo, Taylor Anderson, Scott Govers and Connor Scard.
In other games, Robertson best the Falcons 4-0 with Nathan Wright scoring all four goals and Wests Illawarra defeated Dapto 8-0.