THE Scone Thoroughbreds juggernaut continues to roll on in Bengalla Hunter Valley Group 21 Rugby League.
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The club travelled to Denman last Saturday and managed three victories and one loss.
Scone's first grade had previously enjoyed dominant wins over the Devils and continued the trend with a 36-4 thumping.
Tim Smith got the scoreboard rolling after eight minutes when he finished off a backline movement and beat several defenders on the way to the tryline.
Soon after, Dan Ritter also had a strong run near the line and gave Adam Clydsdale the opportunity to cross from dummy half.
Clydsdale crossed again with five minutes to go when he found a weakness in the defence from dummy half again. Jake Watts added the extras for the 18-0 scoreline at the break.
Joel Harrison touched down from long distance nine minutes after the restart when he found vacant space ahead of him.
Watts then strolled over for an easy try and Clydsdale secured his hat-trick with 20 minutes to go.
Watts had his kicking boots on and converted all three.
Denman's Adam Grech crossed in the dying minutes to add some respectability to the 36-4 scoreline.
Coach Aaron Watts appreciated the effort of the team.
"We had to work hard for that win and our defence was overall quite good," he said.
"It was good to see Tom Pickersgill make his debut off the bench and he was strong while on the field."
The Thoroughbreds' reserves looked ready to play from the first whistle and went into half-time with an 18-4 lead.
Aiden Edwards used his size and strength to lodge a double in the opening period.
Josh Noble continued his good form with a try of his own, after he threw a number of dummy passes on the way to the line. Ryan Hawkshaw added the extras.
The second half saw another confident start when Jade Smith crossed in the first set after the restart.
Further tries to Hawkshaw (2), Jake Bailey, Nick Crackett and Chris Brennan followed.
Hawkshaw landed another conversion while Scott Lyne also booted one in the 46-4 triumph.
Coach Jade Smith was pleased with the performance.
"That was a good effort from the whole team for the match," he said.
"We need to maintain this type of consistency from week-to-week."
The under-18 fixture was a struggle between the two teams from start to finish.
Scone was off to a great start when Matt Saunders crossed within a couple of minutes of the kick off, however Denman evened the scores soon after.
The Devils skipped out to an 18-6 lead.
But, the young Thoroughbreds found some form and hit back with tries to Ryan Hoffman and Richard Riley.
Jack Pennell added the extras to bring the score to 18-16 in favour of Denman.
The Devils were first on the board in the second half stretching the lead to 22-16.
Hoffman bagged his second out wide, later in the game, however the conversion was waved away.
Denman then held on for a narrow 22-20 win.
Coach Chris Brennan was disappointed with the result.
"We were off to good start, but gave it up quickly and struggled on the scoreboard from then on," he said.
"Just too many errors.
"However, there were some good signs that we will continue to work on."
The Scone league tag side continued its undefeated efforts with a solid performance against a Denman team who never gave up.
The half-time score was 34-0 thanks to tries to Flynn Haggarty, Sofie Casson, Nicky Schliffke, Sam Elphick (2) and Rebecca Hill.
It was a similar performance in the second period with Casson adding another two, finishing with three for the match, as did Elphick when she scored again.
Haggarty snared her second, Phoenix McInerney crossed for her first senior league try and Celie Nolan finished off the day with a four-pointer from dummy half.
Elphick converted eight of the tries for a personal tally of 28 points.
Coach Sofie Casson praised the opposition in the first place.
"Denman is struggling in this competition," she said.
"However, these girls played with good spirit, kept smiles on their face and ran back for the kick off every time - credit to them.
"We played well and need to keep focussed each week."
Where There's a Will draw (round nine)
Saturday - June 29
(at Murrurundi)
3.10pm: reserve grade, Murrurundi v Merriwa
6.30pm: league, tag, Murrurundi v Merriwa
(at Scone)
1pm: league tag, Scone v Muswellbrook
2pm: under-18s, Scone v Muswellbrook
3.10pm: reserve grade, Scone v Muswellbrook
4.40pm: first grade, Scone v Singleton
Sunday - June 30
(at Aberdeen)
10.20am: league tag, Aberdeen v Denman
11.20am: under-18s, Aberdeen v Denman
12.30pm: reserve grade, Aberdeen v Denman
2pm: first grade, Aberdeen v Denman
(at Singleton)
11.30am: reserve grade, Singleton v Greta Branxton