Stan Swan: Boars No 9 leads best and fairest race | Group 4

The talented No 9 has polled two three-pointers, and continued his good form by claiming two points in the Boars' gritty loss to North Tamworth at Jack Woolaston Oval on Saturday.

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"Yeah, he's been real good for us," Boars coach Ben Williams said of Swan after the 34-16 loss.

"[He] keeps putting in the big ones. [It's] probably the fittest I've seen him too.

"He gets out of dummy half well, has good speed and can defend. When he hits them, they stay hit. He also goes the whole 80 minutes."

Another standout player has been Bears No 7 Bailey Taylor.

The former Muswellbrook Ram was rewarded for another good display with the three points from Saturday's win.

The 21-year-old plant mechanic with Hitachi said he'd had a "a good start" to his Group 4 career.

"They are a good bunch of blokes, easy to play with," he said of his Norths teammates.

Best and fairest race:

8: Stan Swan (Moree).

7: Dennis Gordon (Narrabri).

6: Ryley Mackay (Kootingal-Moonbi).

5: Cody Tickle (Werris Creek), Jacob Nichols (Narrabri), Aiden Davis (Gunnedah).

4: Cody Byrne (Dungowan), Daniel Kelly and Bailey Taylor (North Tamworth).

3: Sam Taylor, Chris Vidler (Kootingal-Moonbi), Isaiah Adams, Matt Gillham and Kaylan Murray (Boggabri), Daniel Jobson and Jake Rumsby (Narrabri), Brett Jarrett (Dungowan), Reece Jaeger and Zak Turnbull (Gunnedah), Livianai Tuicakau (North Tamworth), Marcus Doran (Werris Creek).

2: Zacl Leonard and Harlee Millgate (Werris Creek), Nick White (Gunnedah), Brent McDonald and Hayden Wiblen, Ben Williams (Moree), Ryan Ingram and Mitch Sheridan (North Tamworth), Nick Millar (Boggabri), Josh Kevill and Ben Williams (Kootingal-Moonbi), Nathan McGuire (Dungowan).

1: Kurt Hartmann (Kootingal-Moonbi), Ben Gardner, Dylan Lake (Gunnedah), Sam Sadler (Narrabri), Scott Blanch and James Cooper (North Tamworth), Eden Blewitt and Bailey Lennox (Boggabri), Clay Frendin (Dungowan), Mick Watton (Moree), Bryce Daniels (Werris Creek).

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