A fantastic eagle on the par-five third helped Ross Fisher join fellow Englishman Ian Poulter in joint third at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth.

The 25-year-old shot a five-under 67 at The Vines to go level with Poulter on eight-under overall, but the pair were five strokes behind runaway leader KJ Choi.

The flamboyant Poulter — decked out fully in blue — has been modelling a specially designed outfit as a promotion for the tournament sponsor, drawing just as much attention with his play as with his attire.

The leading Brit from day one — Paul Casey — is seven-under with eight holes remaining having struck consecutive birdies on the ninth and 10th.

But the man to catch remains Choi, the South Korean claiming the outright lead with a round of 66 following his opening round of 65.

He currently sits at 13-under, four strokes ahead of Australians Tony Carolan, Adam Scott and American Kevin Stadler.

Englishmen Anthony Wall and Richard Finch have shot up the field, both recording rounds of 67 to be five-under for the tournament, with Mark Foster and Andrew Marshall joining them.

Defending champion Scott, who was the joint overnight leader with Stadler, began the day badly with two consecutive bogeys.

However, the world number 10 recovered to finish one-under for the day, nine-under overall and tied for second.

The highlight of the day belonged to Australian Gary Simpson, the world number 436 shooting a course-record 63 to catapult himself into contention at six-under for the tournament.

US Open champion Michael Campbell is struggling to make the cut, a triple-bogey on the 545-metre par-five sixth costing him dearly, and the New Zealander was three-over approaching the 10th.

World number three Retief Goosen also needs to get a move on, even with the card after 11 holes with the cut currently projected at one-under.

Damien McGrane is best placed of the Irish on one under par after a second round of 69.

Peter Lawrie and Gary Murphy are level par and one over respectively with 12 holes played.