OXFORD Spires star Rohan Tungate won the Australian Championship in dramatic style.

Tungate became the first Oxford rider to win the title since Leigh Adams 22 years ago.

The 33-year-old, previously the 2018 champion, went into the fifth and final round trailing series leader Max Fricke by five points.

The two riders clashed in the second heat, which saw an exclusion for Fricke, after he fell as Tungate moved through.

At the halfway stage, Tungate had scored a maximum of nine points, and Fricke just two, to place Tungate in the lead by two points.

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Leicester Lions rider Fricke rallied to qualify for the semi-finals after winning his last two qualifying rides, while Tungate dropped his first points with a third place in Heat 18. It meant the duo both went into the semi-finals on 67 points.

Tungate won the first semi-final, while Fricke trailed in last, meaning Tungate just had to finish the final to take his second title, which he did, coming second.

Tungate, Fricke, Jack Holder and Jaimon Lidsey all secured places in the Grand Prix qualifying rounds this summer.

Meanwhile, Oxford Cheetahs’ number one Sam Masters, the 2017 Australian champion, finished joint eighth in the series.