Wimbledon Hockey Club's Alastair Brogdon, Ian Sloan and Henry Weir all got on the scoresheet as Great Britain beat Australia 5-2 in the World League on Sunday.

Weir's goal was his first in a GB shirt, although his fourth in international hockey.

The win came on the back of a 3-1 opening victory over Canada, which featured another Brogdon strike, and ahead of tomorrow's clash with Belgium.

Victory over the Belgians would guarantee GB top spot in Pool A ahead of a possible quarter final against Holland, Argentina, Germany or hosts India.

Coach Bobby Crutchley said: “We’re delighted with the result. Some of the players really stepped up today and showed what they can do, but this is only one game and we need to back it up with a performance in the next game, too.

"Some of our deep defence and goalkeeping was outstanding. We would have liked to play further forward and more attacking but we countered well and scored some good goals, so I’m very happy with that."

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Account opened: Henry Weir scored his first goal in GB colours

He added: "It was a tough physical battle as you expect when you face Australia but we did well to come through it.

"We’ve always said the best teams have 25 players capable of playing in these games and we want to build that sort of squad size for ourselves.

"We’ll gain confidence from this of course, but Belgium next is a tough game and a completely different style and different test to today.

"We’ll enjoy today but it won’t mean anything if we don’t back it up with more quality performances in the upcoming games.”