Struan Walker put in a star turn to send Surbiton into the ABN AMRO FINAL8  as his two goals helped his club defeat near neighbours Wimbledon 3-2 to the delight of their home crowd.

They led from the front but never fully shook off their rivals in a lively contest. Luke Taylor set the ball rolling with a powerful early penalty corner.

And they were 2-0 up when Walker got in behind the last defender on the end of a superb David Goodfield pass. The Scottish international calmly rounded the goalkeeper and struck home on his reverse.

The Wombles steadied the ship after that and started to force a series of penalty corners, one of which Samuel Hooper rocketed into the backboard down the right channel.

Walker restored the two-goal difference when he added another corner strike for Surbiton with time running out in the third quarter.

But it was set up for a grandstand finish when Ed Horler ghosted his way along the baseline and picked out Fred Newbold to finish off at close quarters.

Wimbledon kept pushing with Liam Ansell to the fore but Surbiton stood firm to take up their place in the FINAL8.

Before that, Tomi Domene’s penalty corner seven minutes from time ground out a 2-1 win for Waterloo Ducks over Scotland’s Western Wildcats to earn the ranking points on offer for Belgium.

It was a serious battle from start to finish for Ducks as the rain began to pour in Surbiton as Wildcats produced a rousing performance but could not find the equaliser from late corners.

Charlie Langendries broke the deadlock in the second quarter with a powerful reverse-stick shot from the left of the D.

But they were back on level terms just before half-time when Nikki Homfrey brilliantly batted in a high ball from a corner rebound on the left post.

An even Q3 remained level before WatDucks stepped up the pace in the closing quarter, a spell which ended with Domene scoring what proved the winner.

Gavin Sommerville made a wealth of great saves during that time before the Wildcats had their openings but could not find a way to force a shoot-out.

Rotterdam produced a comeback for the ages to snatch an EHL FINAL8 spot, equalising with 2.3 seconds to go against Hamburger Polo Club before winning a shoot-out.

They trailed 3-1 in normal time and then again in a shoot-out but kept fighting back each time to draw 3-3 and then prevail 4-3 in sudden death.

Jeroen Hertzberger and Derk Meijer were the heroes in the midst of the drama; the former scored the leveller and then netted twice in the shoot-out while his goalkeeper kept out three efforts.

The Dutch side had started in the ascendancy with Matthijs van der Wielen turning in a Hertzberger cross from the left baseline.

Polo swapped things around, though, before the end of Q1 with Tom Craig scoring a blistering individual goal and then Kane Russell added a penalty corner for 2-1.

They went close a couple of times when a deflected corner hit a body close to goal, a video review confirming the shot was going wide and so a stroke was annulled.

Russell did add a third in the 41st minute before Rotterdam started their big comeback in the closing quarter. Guus Jansen turned in a deflection move but it looked like they were running out of time until a hopeful ball into the circle got the Hertzberger treatment for 3-3.

Two early saves from Jasper Milt in the shoot-out had given Polo a 3-1 advantage with three chances to get over the line. Rotterdam, though, held their composure to take it sudden death where Hertzberger scored and Meijer denied Tim Brand.

Surbiton produced an outstanding second half performance to power past Waterloo Ducks as they delighted their home crowd with a 4-2 success.

They trailed 1-0 at half-time but a crazy Struan Walker goal and a couple of Luke Taylor efforts and a deflection from James Gall changed the complexion of the game. They will play Wimbledon next on Sunday evening, a result which guarantees two English sides will be in the last eight for the first time since 2013.

Waterloo were the first to strike when William Ghislain brilliantly robbed the ball in the right corner. His jinking run saw him work his way into the circle and pick out Nico Dumont who slapped in first time.

Surbiton started to make most of the play after that and were rewarded with a penalty stroke but Conor Williamson saw his shot repelled by Simon Vandenbroucke, keeping the game at 1-0 at half-time.

The lead, though, swapped hands in the second half as Surbiton affected some great counter-attack goals. The first came from a monster Williamson overhead which Struan Walker got the deftest of touches to guide the ball into the net for 1-1.

Then Taylor’s excellent tackle set in motion a break which finished with a penalty corner; the sweeper stepped forward to slam in from the top for 2-1.

And things got even better for the home club when Gall got a great touch to a corner move. Taylor added a stroke in the last four minutes for further insurance, rendering Tomi Domene’s goal a consolation.

Samuel Hooper fired home two set piece goals for Wimbledon to see them land a hard fought 3-1 win over Western Wildcats.

Euan Gilmour’s brilliant reverse-stick shot, moving away from goal, hit the top of the net for a 1-0 Wimbledon lead in the 10th minute.

Western hit back, however, in the second quarter when the hugely impressive Jamie Golden ripped a drag-flick into the top of the net.

But a double from Hooper before half-time gave the London club the gap they needed at half-time, making it 3-1, the first a low drag-flick, the second a penalty stroke.

Western pushed on in Q3 but could not find the goal they needed to cut the gap. They kept pushing into the final quarter as the game became more stretched, also opening up more chances for Wimbledon to expand their lead.

Neither could complete those openings, though, and so it was Wimbledon who were left to celebrate a narrow win.

Jeroen Hertzberger ran up another big haul of goals to help HC Rotterdam win 9-0, defeating Czechia side TJ Plzeň-Litice to advance to a KO8 game with Hamburger Polo Club.

He added six more to his EHL total, extending his lead at the top of the all-time goalscorers table, bringing his total to 46.

It was plain sailing for the Dutch side after Matthijs van der Wielen got the first goal in the seventh minute before Hertzberger took over.

He added a corner and an effort from play to build a 3-0 half-time lead as the Czechs worked hard, putting in numerous big stops to keep the score down.

But they found the going hard in the second half with Hertzberger adding three more in Q3 along with a goal each for Pepijn van der Heijden and Olivier Hortensius.

Hertzberger duly added the ninth and his sixth in the closing quarter.

Hamburger Polo Club eased into the KO8 as their team of international all-stars had too much firepower for SV Arminen in an 11-1 win in Surbiton.

They struck early and often in the first half with Constantin Staib getting on the end of a beautiful team move in the third minute to start it off. It came off the back of some first-touch pinball in the D with Tim Brand and Tom Craig to the fore.

Paul Smith and Craig converted sharp chances for 3-0 by the end of the first quarter and the total was doubled in Q2 via Kane Russell, Jan-Hendrik Bartels and Smith.

A Hugo Inglis pair and one from Brand extended the advantage to 9-0 and Staib made it double figures. Florian Steyrer’s penalty corner rocket did get Arminen on the scoreboard before Russell got one more for his and Polo’s total in the last minute.