Clarke's heroics lead Heelers to victory, Tigers bare teeth in Condo thumping

On the road and against a Cargo outfit many tip to be finals contenders, Eugowra took up the fight to the hosts and looked poised to pinch a point from the Blue Heelers until Matt Clarke scored the match winner for Cargo on the full-time siren to wrap up a 28-24 victory for Anthony Redfern's men last Saturday.

Dale Jones, Matt Lucas, Trey Lucas, Chris Jones scored in the first half to rocket Cargo to an 18-6 lead, Andrew Wykamp's four-pointer the only bright spot for the Eagles in the opening 40 minutes.

The second half, though, largely belonged to the visitors.

Tom Bateson crossed not long after the break to reduce Cargo's lead to just eight points, their momentum was snagged somewhat when Matt Fuller was sin binned and Cargo scored the next converted try through Jake Powell to skip to a 24-10 lead.

But Tavita Lucas, Peter Barnes, and Wykamp again all crossed in the second period, and alongside a single Fuller conversion, locked up the scores at 24-all with 10 minutes to go.

Clarke, though, broke the hearts of the Golden Eagles' faithful with the match-defining try at the death.

The heart-stopper at Cargo preceded a mixed bag of results for the cup as the competition's first round nears its end, with another beauty at Grenfell, a dogged effort from the Roosters against the Rhinos and then a blow-out at Canowindra.

Goal-kicking proved the undoing of the Goannas at Grenfell in a 36-34 thriller with Molong, Todd Barrow's Bulls claiming the two-point win to leap leap Steve Taylor's boys into third on the ladder.

Manildra raced to an early lead over Peak Hill but conceded 20 points late in a 32-20 victory while Canowindra Tigers ran riot over Condobolin Rams in a 72-14 try-a-thon. Competition leaders, Trundle Boomers had the bye.

In league tag, Cargo remains undefeated after a 50-0 win over Eugowra while Grenfell knocked over Molong 34-0, Canowindra, in a surprise win, accounted for the previously unbeaten Condobolin girls 22-16.

In youth league, Cargo fired in a 48-16 thumping of Trundle and Grenfell accounted for Molong 32-24.