Australia captain Jamie Dwyer was over the moon after his team won the 2010 hockey World Cup. This is Australia's second win at the world championships and Dwyer was happy that his dream came true. "Very proud of the way the team has played. We did well throughout the tournament and we deserved to win," he said.
The World Cup crown had eluded the Aussies for the past 24 years and Dwyer insists that this team always had it in it to go all the way. "We have been playing well for over a year. We were focused to win the tournament and I am happy we got the result we were looking for," said Dwyer.
The Australian team has made massive improvements ever since Ric Charlesworth took over as the coach and the Australian captain believes he has changed things around for them. "He is great coach. He has achieved a lot of success with the Australian women's team as well. He changed the way we play hockey," he said.
On Charlesworth, Dwyer added: "He does not push you too hard but wants you to realize your maximum potential. He sees things that we, as players sometimes cannot see."
Australia coach Charlesworth, meanwhile, credited his team for putting up a brilliant performance. "The boys played well throughout the tournament. The coaching staff can do a lot of things but at the end of the day it is the players who go out there and perform," he said.
Charlesworth, who became the first person to win the World Cup as a player and as a coach, believes this team has to keep improving and they have set their sights on the 2012 London Olympics.
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