Australia’s Olympic squad has cracked the ton two months out from the start of the Paris Games including a water polo squad determined to “weaponise” last year’s world championship disappointment.

Men’s water polo co-captains Nathan Power and Blake Edwards will don the green and gold for a second Olympics in July, leading a 13-man team that includes 10 debutants.

Power said the team was looking forward to two months of intense training, as well as securing some retribution on the world stage.

“Right now the focus is on the hard work that we still need to do between now and Paris.”

The Sharks have never stood on the podium at the Olympics and their best result, fifth place, came more than three decades ago at the Barcelona Games in 1992.

The Australians were condemned to 11th place at this year’s world championships in Doha after losing five of their six matches in February.

The squad’s announcement brings Australia’s Olympic team size to 100 of an expected 460-strong squad.

It will be the first time co-captain Edwards has represented Australia since becoming a father earlier this month.

“We weren’t able to share the experience with our family and friends in Tokyo. I’m sure there will be many tears shed by mum throughout the two weeks,” he said.

Australia has often fallen victim to the might of Europe in the pool.

While the sport’s heavyweights such as Croatia and Spain boast domestic professional leagues, the Sharks lead double lives — something Power is confident can give the Sharks an edge at the Olympics.

The Newcastle product works full-time as a senior consultant for accounting giant KPMG, while Edwards is a self-employed mortgage broker.