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Australia's men's and women's national water polo teams have advanced to quarter-final showdowns with New Zealand at the World League Inter Continental Cup.

Australia's men and women have blitzed their way into quarter-final clashes with Trans-Tasman foes New Zealand at the water polo World League Inter Continental Cup in Perth.

The tournament hosts showed no sign of fatigue as the Sharks and Stingrays thrashing their opponents on Thursday to finish top of their respective group.

The Sharks were far too good for South Africa 19-6 with Tim Putt contributing four goals.

"We tuned in, we got the chat up and it was really good running through some fresh legs with the young boys and focusing on our defence, which really showed today," Putt said.

"It has been phenomenal playing in front of a home crowd."

The Aussie men led 6-1 at quarter-time, extended the margin to six goals at halftime and nine after the third stanza before they wrapped up the match with six goals in the final quarter.

Stingers captain Rowie Webster scooped the player of the match for her efforts in the Aussie women's 15-4 triumph over Kazakhstan.

"We just wanted to come out and build on yesterday's game and I think we're improving as the tournament goes on so nice to get a win in game three," Webster said.

Webster said the Stingers would not under estimate New Zealand in Friday's clash, despite the Kiwis failing to earn a win so far this week.

"They've been building towards this tournament and we're just focusing on our game," she said.

"They always put up a good fight. It's bragging rights between us and NZ, we can't take them lightly."

The Inter Continental Cup acts as a qualifying tournament for the World League Super Final in June, with four of the eight eligible teams in Perth this week advancing - the US have already qualified.