'It was amazing': Co-captain reacts to Aussies' shock water polo upset over world champs

Co-captain Blake Edwards has spoken out after Australia's Sharks sparked one of the biggest upsets of Paris 2024 with a sensational defeat of the reigning men's water polo world champions.

The Sharks annihilated defending gold medallists Serbia 8-3 in unbelievable scenes, after dropping their first group match to Spain 9-5 two days earlier.

"It was amazing. I can't say enough how proud I am of the boys," skipper Edwards told Nine after the astonishing win. "Coming up against reigning champions, it was wonderful."

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The victory keeps the Sharks' push for a maiden men's water polo medal alive. Their best finish in Olympic history was way back at Los Angeles 1984, when they came fifth. They repeated the same outcome at Barcelona 1992.

Sharks goalkeeper Nic Porter was "electric", with Edwards also commenting on an incident with his brother, Lachlan Edwards, in the second quarter.

"I am not sure [what happened]," Edwards said of the centre.

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"He's made contact with a player and they've got him on the video," he continued.

"I don't think it was intentional or had any malice, so that's why it was an exclusion with substitution.

"That is another story for the boys to tell. We are down arguably one of our best players and down a man and we were able to grind it out for four quarters.

"It changes our game structurally without him in the water and it was great for the boys to adapt.

"I thought the boys showed a lot of maturity ... when things didn't go according to plan," he continued.

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It's only just getting started for the team, with the Sharks now set to face off against France on August 1.

"It's a long journey, the Olympics. And we have a lot of hard games coming up," Edwards said.

"It doesn't stop here."