The surprise appearance of ex-Eels flyer Ethan Parry has added a sprinkling of star dust to the Roosters' 30-12 defeat of North Tamworth at Kootingal on Saturday.

Parry, 22, was used at right centre off the bench, in what was his Group 4 debut - having recently returned home to Tamworth to "clear his head" after previously admitting to "falling out of love" with the game.

The Roosters capped off a great day by winning reserve grade 26-22 and league tag 30-18.

Boggabri beat Moree 30-24 at Boggabri

CENTRAL NORTH

First grade

James Perrett bagged his second four-try haul in as many games as Gunnedah accounted for Pirates 36-21.

Elsewhere Walcha defeated Moree 32-12 to make it three-in-a-row, Quirindi downed Inverell 33-22 and Narrabri thrashed Scone 65-nil.

Reserve grade

Gunnedah 18 d Pirates 17

Inverell 44 d Quirindi 24

Narrabri 38 d Scone 0

Moree 28 d Walcha 0

Women's 7s

Game 1 - Pirates 24 d Gunnedah 4, Game 2 - Pirates 22 d Gunnedah 10.

NEW ENGLAND RUGBY

First grade

St Alberts 30 d Robb 20

Tamworth 50 d Barbarians 14

Second grade

St Alberts 39 d Robb 5

Armidale 33 d Glen Innes 17

Third grade

St Alberts 38 d Robb 0

Tamworth 41 d Barbarians 7

Glen Innes 45 d Armidale 22

Women's 7s

Barbarians 27 d Tamworth 0; Barbarians 29 d Tamworth 0

Albies 28 d Robb College on forfeit

NORTHERN INLAND FOOTBALL

Tamworth FC defeated South United 3-0, Gunnedah beat Moore Creek 5-2 and OVA downed Kootingal 5-1.

NORTH WEST AFL

In Armidale, the Nomads defeated the Saints 16-14 (110) to 9-5 (59).

In the women's game, the Saints won 6-5 (41) to 3-5 (23).

The Tamworth Swans men accounted for Gunnedah 22.15-147 to 11.7-73. The Bulldogs won the women's 9.6-60 to 4.4-28

GRAFTON TO INVERELL CYCLE CLASSIC

Continuing a long line of great cyclists coming out of the Country Music Capital, Sam Hill has claimed second place in the Grafton to Inverell.

"I died a thousand deaths," Hill joked about how he coped during the 228km stretch.

"I was in a bad way just before Glen Innes, but my legs came good and I got my second wind towards the end of the ride, and then I was running on adrenaline for the last 30 minutes."