NICK Morris was delighted with his dream international debut on Monday night after the Swindon Robins ace helped Australia book a place in the World Cup final.

Australia topped the pile in Event Two at King’s Lynn with 47 points, four ahead of Great Britain, with USA third on 22 and Latvia fourth after collecting just nine points.

Morris has been in sensational form for Swindon throughout the 2015 Elite League campaign and carried that into his first senior appearance for Australia.

He claimed two wins on the night and delivered himself a belated birthday present of 12 points from his five rides, having turned 21 on Sunday.

Fellow Swindon rider Troy Batchelor finished with 11 points in Norfolk, while Aussie team-mates Jason Doyle (13) and Chris Holder (11) also enjoyed strong nights, and the quartet will travel to Saturday’s final in Denmark fancying their chances of lifting the trophy.

“It was a good night for us. All the boys did a really good job,” said Morris.

“Great Britain didn’t make it easy for us. They stuck it to us all the way through and it was really tight at the end, so it was good to hold on and get the win.

“I had a lot of speed in the bike. I wasn’t making the best of starts but I had that speed and it made everything a bit easier.

“No one really made a mistake all night. We got the wins and second places and didn’t drop many points to America or Latvia, which we knew was going to be important.

“We stayed consistent all the way through, so if we can do that again the final, then who knows what we can do.”

Morris’ heroic display at the Adrian Flux Arena was bad news for his Swindon team manager, Alun Rossiter, who now has to take his Great Britain side into a race-off for the last World Cup final place on Thursday.

Britain will battle it out with USA, Poland and Russia in Denmark and although Morris is keen to see Rossiter’s side prevail, he reckons the race for qualification is too close to call.

“I saw Rosco today and he was still in quite a good mood. Hopefully they can do well on Thursday because I know how much he wants to be there,” added Morris.

“I’d probably say Poland are the favourites for the race-off but you never know what the Russians are capable of, and the British will be strong again as well after doing well on Monday.

“It’s an even playing ground in Denmark as no one is on their home track, so anyone could come out the winner.”