Veteran Australian hockey forward Kieran Govers will retire from international hockey effective immediately.
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Wollongong product Govers, 30, enjoyed a decorated career for Australia, having debuted in 2010 against Korea Republic in Hobart.
He won two World Cups (2010, 2014), three Champions Trophies (2010, 2011, 2012), one World League Final (2014-15), one Oceania Cup (2011), a Commonwealth Games gold medal (2014) and an Olympic bronze medal (2012).
Govers represented Australia 126 times, scoring 60 goals, including memorable efforts in the 2012 Champions Trophy, 2012 London Olympics and 2014 World Cup.
After an almost two-year absence, Govers earned a recall to the Kookaburras team during the Darwin International Hockey Open in September this year where he scored in what will go down as his final game, a 2-1 loss to Argentina in the final.
"It's a sad day to know that I have announced my retirement but a happy time to celebrate what was," Govers said.
"You never want it to end and always want to keep playing but having a great chat with Batchy (coach Colin Batch) about the future and how it might go, it was time to go in different directions."
Australian Associated Press