Gold-Coast Tweed have knocked Newcastle off the top rung of the ladder, equal on 8 points but surpassing them on for and against.
Home side Newcastle narrowly defeated Sunshine Coast 11-9 in a close match that saw a great deal of interesting and fancy serves and alot of balls ricocheting off the net. Meanwhile Gold Coast-Tweed thrashed Singapore on the Gold Coast 11-4 in a lop-sided match, enough to eclipse Newcastle's for and against balance. Newcastle and Gold Coast-Tweed are the only sides on eight points.
Meanwhile Premiers Melbourne have gone down a fourth time in a row and now languish at the bottom of the ladder as the only team with only one win. Their home match against North New Zealand was close and fast-paced and ended up 12-10 in favour of the Big Pippie-inspired north Kiwi's.
In other matches, Perth defeated Brisbane in Brisbase 11-7 after racing to an early 7-3 lead. Home side Canberra overcame a sloppy South New Zealand performace 11-6 after leading 8-2 early on. Finally Sydney recorded its second straight win, thrashing a lackluster Illawarra 11-3. The result leaves Illawarra second-last on the table based on for and against, but on points they are equal with sixth-placed Sydney, with six sides equal on four points.
Round 6 will be the ARTTSL exhibition round with matches to be played in six overseas or Australian regional locations: Mandura (WA), Albury-Wodonga (NSW/Vic), Beijing (China), Suva (Fiji), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Port Macquarie (NSW).
ROUND 5 RESULTS:
Perth 11 d Brisbane 7 (at Brisbane)
Newcastle 12 d Sunshine Coast 10 (at Maroochydore)
North New Zealand 12 d Melbourne 10 (at Melbourne)
Gold Coast-Tweed 11 d Singapore 4 (at Gold Coast)
Canberra 11 d South New Zealand 6 (at Canberra)
Sydney 11 d Illawarra 3 (at Sydney)
ROUND 6 DRAW (exhibition round)
North New Zealand v Perth (at Mandurah, Western Australia)
Melbourne v Illawarra (at Albury-Wodonga, NSW/Victoria)
Gold Coast-Tweed v South New Zealand (at Suva, Fiji)
Canberra v Brisbane (Beijing, China)
Sydney v Sunshine Coast (at Port Macquarie, NSW)
Singapore v Newcastle (Jakarta, Indonesia)
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