Cronulla had trailed for the majority of the match, and was still two goals down until one of Scott Mackenzie's three last-quarter goals brought them within one with 2:30 remaining. Ben Matthews scored the winner for the Sharks with 27 seconds left in the match.

Alastair Visch starred for the Lions with five goals while Mackenzie scored four goals in total for Cronulla.

Sydney University's women won an 11-10 thriller over Cronulla thanks to five goals from Fiona Hammond.

Like Cronulla in the men's match, Sydney University had trailled for much of the match but tied the scores thanks to a goal from Taniele Gofers with 5:05 remaining and then took the lead thanks to Hammond's fifth goal with 2:23 left in the match.

In Brisbane, the Brisbane Barracudas caused an upset by beating Wests Magpies 9-7, with import Kevin Smoker leading the way for the victors with four goals.

The Barracudas jumped out in front of Wests and kept their lead for the rest of the match, fighting off the Magpies despite three goals from Nick Ling.

In Perth, the Fremantle Mariners came from behind to beat the Drummoyne Devils 6-4, with Daniel Lawrence and Tibor Seress each scoring twice.

Drummoyne led 4-2 3:50 before halftime but Fremantle was able to keep Drummoyne scoreless for the rest of the match after taking the lead in the third quarter.

The Fremantle Marlins fell to China's women 5-12 in the final match of the season for the Asian side.

Teng Fei and Ma Huan Huan both scored three for the visitors while Zoe Arancini was the only player to score more than once for the Marlins with two.

In Adelaide, the Hunter Hurricanes defeated the Adelaide Jets 4-7. Ross Sinclair and Daniel Robinson scored twice each for Hunter while for Adelaide Matthew Nicholson and Nicholas Martin split the goals with two each.

Hunter's women also proved too strong for Adelaide, winning 10-6 thanks to three goals from Emma Polkinghorne.

Results:

Men:

In Sydney: Cronulla Sharks 10 (S MacKenzie 4, M Timilty 2, B Matthews, R Tracy, M Howden) Sydney University Lions 9 (A Visch 5, N Cargill 2, J Young, B Turner).
In Perth: Fremantle Mariners 6 (T Seress, D Lawrence 2, J Swift, A Lee) Drummoyne Devils 4 (T Martin, S Avallone, S Boyd, J Ramirez).

In Brisbane: Brisbane Barracudas 9 (K Smoker 4, D Young 2, C Williamson, D Hicks, F Pavanello) Wests Magpies 7 (N Ling 3, C Eames 2, T Delany, J Burton).

In Adelaide: Hunter Hurricanes 7 (R Sinclair, D Robertson 2, J Johnston, C Bryant, P Reid) Adelaide Jets 4 (M Nicholson, N Martin 2).

Women:

In Sydney: Sydney University Lions 11 (F Hammond 5, T Gofers 3, M Hammond, N Cuffe, A Brightwell) Cronulla Sharks 10 (B Appel 3, P O'Neill, J Santoromito 2, H Lincoln-Smith, E Douglass, M Santoromito).
In Perth: China 12 (Teng Fei, Ma Huan Huan 3, Sun Yu Jun, Qiao Lei Ying 2, Sun Ya Ting, Sun Hui Zi) Fremantle Marlins 5 (Z Arancini 2, G Ralph, S Wheelock, K Finucane).

In Brisbane: Brisbane Barracudas 16 (M Rippon 3, S Thomas, N Stoltz, J Moran, S Smith 2, G Wikman, N Pavanello, K Bryce, H Robinson, A Miller) UNSW Killer Whales 5 (K Armstrong, A Carter 2, H Hawtin).

In Adelaide: Hunter Hurriacnes 10 (E Polkinghorne 3, B Russell, C Ellis, E Goodwin 2, S Jones) Adelaide Jets 6 (J Martin 2, J Bowen, L Callahan, E Dearman, S Ricketts).

Breakers fall without missing stars 

Brisbane (February 24). - Playing without absent stars Anthony Martin and Rafael Sterk is proving difficult for the KFC Queensland Breakers as they fell 8-12 to Wests Magpies at The Valley during a thrilling night of National Water Polo League action yesterday.  

Sterk and Martin are both with the Aussie Sharks on their tour of Europe and for the second time in a week their abscence proved hard to overcome as the Breakers suffered their second disappointing result during that time, after drawing with the Brisbane Barracudas last Saturday.

Troy Delany once again starred for Wests along with Corrie Eames, with both players scoring three goals. Billy Miller, Chris Corbin and Sam Robertson each scored twice for the hosts.

In the women's game Queensland overcame the UNSW Killer Whales 12-8 thanks to five goals from Amy Hetzel.

In Sydney, the Sydney University Lions fought past a late comeback from the Balmain Tigers to win the men's match 10-8.

Olympian Nathan Thomas was one of four players to score twice for the Lions while Chris Dyson and Nick Falzon each scored three for Balmain.

In the women's game Balmain proved far too strong in a 13-8 victory. Taryn Woods scored four for the Tigers while Fiona Hammond and Lauren Maksimovic each scored twice for Sydney Uni.

In Adelaide, five goals from Ross Sinclair led the Hunter Hurricanes to a 12-11 victory over the Adelaide Jets.

The game was tied at 10-10 with 2:00 remaining but goals from Sinclair and Scott Berry secured the victory before Adelaide scored a consolation just before the end.

The women's game was equally as close, with a Lisa Callahan goal with 1:33 left in the game getting Adelaide over the line in an 8-7 victory.

Results:

Men:

In Sydney: Sydney University Lions 10 (N Thomas, B Turner, J Davie, N Cargill 2, C Hammond, S Nicholson) Balmain Tigers 8 (N Falzon, C Dyson 3, M Lazic 2).

In Brisbane: Wests Magpies 12 (T Delany, C Eames 3, D Swinnerton, M Ali 2, S Cody, T Blewitt) KFC Queensland Breakers 8 (B Miller, C Corbin, S Robertson 2, D Marsden, D Will).

In Adelaide: Hunter Hurricanes 12 (R Sinclair 5, M Baird 2, J Johnston, D Robinson, P Read, S Berry, N Campbell) Adelaide Jets 11 (P Harmer, N Martin 3, J Frost 2, W Gibbs, M Nicholson, J McKown).

Women:

In Sydney: Balmain Tigers 13 (T Woods 4, R Rippon, L Varlow, B Smith 2, L Higlett, L Simms, Y Schmid) Sydney University Lions 8 (F Hammond, N Cuffe 2, J Whitehorn, A Cox, J Cox, K Gofers).

In Brisbane: KFC Queensland Breakers 12 (A Hetzel 5, S Fraser 3, A Richardson 2, B Knox, J Collins) UNSW Killer Whales 8 (A Smallfield 2, S Grunberger, K Armstrong, A Carter, J Burford, C Schaeffer, K Moran).

In Adelaide: Adelaide Jets 8 (L Callahan 3, E Dearman 2, J Martin, T Kearney, J Bowen) Hunter Hurricanes 7 (B Russell 2, S Jones, E Polkinghorne, N McJannet, C Ta'avale, E O'Neill).

Delany leads Wests to narrow victory

Brisbane (February 23).— A five-goal-haul from Troy Delany helped the Wests Magpies claim a 13-12 victory over the Brisbane Barracudas in men's National Water Polo League action at Musgrave Pool last night.

Australian youth squad member BJ Howden put the Barracudas within one with 1:34 remaining in the match. However, the home side was unable to take advantage of its late opportunities to earn a draw. 

Delany was the star for Wests, leading the way with five goals while Ross O'Brien assisted the cause with three including a crucial goal with 2:41 left in the game which gave the Magpies a two-goal lead.

Daniel Young and Curtis Williamson each scored three times for Brisbane, who had to play the final quarter without its coach Ray Mayers who was red-carded in the third period for protesting a penalty given to Wests.

In women's action a 5-0 first quarter set up a 13-8 victory for Brisbane over the UNSW Killer Whales.

Brisbane's Jane Moran led all players with three goals for the match with four other players scoring twice for the host including national team captain Melissa Rippon. Annabelle Carter was the only player to score more than once for the Killer Whales for the second consecutive night.

Results:

Men:

In Brisbane: Wests Magpies 13 (T Delaney 5, R O'Brien 3, D Swinnerton, S Cody, T Blewitt, M Rapsey, C Eames) Brisbane Barracudas 12 (C Williamson, D Young 3, K Smoker 2, D Gynther, BJ Howden, M Giles, A Yeates).

Women:

In Brisbane: Brisbane Barracudas 13 (J Moran 3, K Bryce, E Keogh, M Rippon, N Pavanello 2, G Wikman, A Russell) UNSW Killer Whales 8 (A Carter 2, S Grunberger, K Armstrong, C Keogh, K Mirabito, J Burford, C Schaeffer). 

Miller leads depleted Breakers past Wests 
Brisbane (February 22).—
Aussie Shark Billy Miller led a KFC Queensland Breakers side missing two of its star players to a 16-11 victory over Wests Magpies in men's National Water Polo League action at the Valley Pool last night.  

With the Breakers missing goalkeeper Rafael Sterk and outside shooter Anthony Martin, Miller ,along with Chris Corbin and Olympian Daniel Marsden, stepped up to fill the void.

Marsden and Corbin each scored three goals while three of Miller's five goals came in the last quarter, helping take the score from 12-9 at the final break to 16-11 at full-time.

Stephen Cody led a Wests side featuring a host of young players with four goals while Mace Rapsey scored twice.

Queensland was able to record the victory despite remarkably having only one extra-man opportunity for the entire game after Patrick Jacobsen was ejected for the visitors. Wests received five opportunities, none of which were after halftime. 

In the women's game, national team member Suzie Fraser starred for the Breakers with five goals as her side beat the UNSW Killer Whales 17-8.

Fraser received support from Jaz Collins who netted a hat-trick and Bronwen Knox, Anna Corbin and Amy Hetzel, who all scored twice.

UNSW did well to keep the score at 6-5 but managed just three goals after the final break and none in the last quarter as the Breakers ran away with the victory. 

Results:

Men:

KFC Queensland Breakers 16 (B Miller 5, D Marsden, C Corbin 3, S Robertson 2, D Will, T Jenkins, T Knox) Wests Magpies 11 (S Cody 4, M Rapsey 2, T Delaney, D Swinnerton, T Blewitt, R O'Brien, P Jacobsen).

Women:

KFC Queensland Breakers 17 (S Fraser 5, J Collins 3, B Knox, A Corbin, A Hetzel 2, A Richardson, E Bowden, S Farquhar) UNSW Killer Whales 8 (A Carter 2, M Kearney, K Armstrong, K Mirabito, A Smallfield, C Schaeffer, K Moran). 

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