The competition leaders were firing from the opening bounce to the final siren, nailing 13 goals in a 94-point final term as they kept their unblemished record intact 41.28-274 to 2.2-14.

Dave Richards, Clarence Baker and Harry Wakefield were the main destroyers with Richards and Baker both booting eight goals and Wakefield seven.

Gunnedah Bulldogs were also in brilliant touch hammering the Inverell Saints 22.18-150 to 5.6-36.

The Dogs had plenty of contributors with Greg Piggott scoring five, Mitch Swain four and Jacob Spackman and Shane Paul three, and also finished strongly, kicking eight goals in the final quarter.

It was a common theme, with the Tamworth Kangaroos kicking 49 points in the final term to post a 66 point win over the Moree Suns.

The game was transferred to Moree after No.1 Oval was closed and saw a bit of a light on Kangaroos prevail 20.20-146 to 10.14-74.

“We somehow got a team together,” Kangaroos coach Ben Mitchell said.

He had expected to lose a few with the game moving to Moree, just with work and other commitments and the travel.

“We probably had about six or seven that pulled out,” he said.

They managed to rope in a couple of former players that were watching the women’s game to give them 21.

The disruption didn’t seem to worry them too much though, quickly finding their rhythm, and their radar.

“We were pretty accurate in front of goal early on, so I was pretty happy with that,” Mitchell said.

“Our two main forwards Warwick and Boe Gilmour worked really well together.”

Warwick had a busy day kicking nine of the Kangaroos’ 20 goals as they made it three in a row.

They were well serviced by Rhett Graham, Luke Robinson and Matthew Hodge in the midfield. Charles Bickersteth also had a strong game in the ruck.

“He’s usually centre half-back but I put him in the ruck and he had an awesome game,” Mitchell said.

“Between he and Hodgey he tore them apart.”

The Kangaroos had been expecting a tougher challenge than in previous encounters, and got that.

Mitchell commented that it felt a lot closer contest through the game than the scoreline indicated.

“They’ve got a few new players and some of the young guys that they’ve had are just growing and playing some good football now,” he said.