Blake Govers

Blake followed in his brother Kieran Govers' footsteps when he made his international debut in May 2015 at the Hobart International Challenge, scoring a goal on debut.

Born and raised in Wollongong, Blake proved his potential in the senior ranks at the 2015 world league semi-final where he was crowned top scorer and best junior player. That world league semi-final was extra special as Kieran also scored alongside Blake. He was named in the 2015 world league final squad but unfortunately fractured his foot in the first game of the tournament against Belgium.

An Olympic debut followed after only 12 months in the senior Australian squad, where he was the youngest member of the men’s hockey squad in Rio at 18 years of age.

While Kieran missed out on making the Kookaburras squad for the Rio 2016 Games, Blake forged on and scored twice in a 9-0 win over Brazil to advance from the group stage. They met the world no.2 side from the Netherlands in the quarters, bowing out with a 4-0 loss.

After a post-Olympics break, Blake was back scoring for the Kookaburras in the October 2017 Oceania Cup.

Then in India two months later Blake, known for his excellent goal-to-game ratio, scored in four of the six World League final games as Australia went on to win the gold medal.

At Tokyo 2020 Blake was part of the Olympic silver medal-winning Kookaburras, who fought valiantly in the final and only just missed out on a gold medal in a heart-breaking penalty shootout against Belgium. Blake was the highest goal scorer for the Kookaburras at Tokyo 2020 with a total of seven goals.

In 2022, he played a key role as the Kookaburras won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, thrashing India 7-0 in the final. Blake scored his seventh goal of the tournament in the final.

It was an emphatic statement from a Kookaburras team that is near unstoppable when at the peak of their powers. The result continued the Kookaburras’ remarkable record of winning every Commonwealth Games gold medal since men’s hockey was introduced to the Games in 1998.

Blake scored six goals at the 2023 Hockey World Cup in India, where Australia lost 3-1 to the Netherlands in the bronze medal match.

The Kookaburras qualified for Paris when they ground out a 3-1 win over traditional rivals New Zealand to retain the Oceania Cup in Whangarei.

Blake has been described as the player who can turn a game with his lethal scoring instinct. Former Kookaburras goalkeeper Tyler Lovell said of Blake: “He is a hard-nosed striker who hits the ball very, very hard. Blake’s natural strength and ability to time the ball so well … he doesn’t look like he puts much effort into hitting the ball, but they come at you fast.”

At the Paris 2024 Olympics Blake and the Kookaburras defeated Argentina (1-0), Ireland (2-1) and New Zealand (5-0) in the group stage, which included losses to India (3-2) and Belgium (6-2).

Through to the quarter-finals, that's where their campaign would end with a 2-0 loss to the eventual Olympic gold medallists, the Netherlands. Blake once again finished with seven goals in the tournament, the second most of any player in the men's competition at Paris 2024.

Away from the field, Blake is a real estate agent who loves classic cars and says he’d be a V8 supercar driver if he hadn’t chosen to play hockey.