OSAKA - It was Australia's night in the pool at the East Asian Games in Osaka tonight with three stirring victories and an Australian record to the Campbelltown kid Jimmy Piper in the men's 200 metres breaststroke.

Galston schoolgirl Lara Davenport led the way with a triumphant performance to defeat local hero, Japanese Olympic finalist Junko Onishi and China's top two in the women's 100 metres butterfly final.

Then Piper, the unluckiest man in the pool at the Telstra World Trials in Hobart in March, strutted his stuff with a world class performance and a new Australian record in the men's 200m breaststroke