Black and golds young gun Frazer Ryder ran rampant against the Rhinos, scoring four tries and kicking four goals as the Tigers raced in 34 unanswered points after the scores were initially locked up at 6-all after 15 minutes at Jack Huxley Oval.

While on Saturday the in-form Peak Hill Roosters continued their current purple patch with their biggest scalp yet.

Torin Hando's tri colours knocked over the then-third-placed Grenfell Goannas 50-24, the inclusion of former Group 11 and Western Division prop Luke Thompson obviously helping the Roosters on their three-game winning run.

The mid-season resurgence of both the Roosters and Tigers means there's now four sides fighting it out for spots in the bottom half of the Woodbridge Cup's top five, with Trundle (24 points), Manildra (20) and Molong (18) all but guaranteed to play finals footy.

And Barclay is hoping the Tigers can jag either fourth or fifth on the ladder.

"The win is huge for us," Barclay said of Canowindra's win over Manildra.

The Tigers have a bye this weekend before games against Cargo (away), Molong (away) and Grenfell (home) in the next month.

Grenfell is currently in fourth on 14 points but only differential is separating the Tigers, Cargo and Peak Hill all on 12 points. Only two of those sides will make the top five.

"We have a threatening road ahead ... Cargo at Cargo will be massive, they will be looking to return serve and Molong at Molong after a 100-point show will be a hard one for us," Barclay said.

"I'm excited for Peak to continue to perform and knock about the top sides. With Peak Hill beating Grenfell they are putting their hand up to be a dark horse. Torin Hando is doing a great job up there.

"The potential has been there all season for us and we are starting to gel as a squad. This competition is tight. No one can think they can walk into semi final football."

Barclay said his side's two-point loss to Peak Hill in round 11 was "a massive wake-up call" for the Tigers, and their 34-point win over a depleted Rhinos was a pleasing bounce-back result.

"Defence was key, we've had a huge emphasis on it this week," he added, still keen for Canowindra to improve on their discipline and unforced errors.

"After scoring our first try on the weekend we let the ball go dead off the next kick off but the power running of our forwards was a huge influence on momentum, which allowed Shannon Lee to get out of dummy half. Manildra missing Ozzie and Mitch Gibson didn't help their cause."

Barclay said the work of Ryder while star Regan Hughes and props Sia Nemani, Nicko Folaki and Andrew Kelleher were tremendous for the victors.

In a round results, Molong infliced Eugowra with a 104-4 loss and, alongside Manildra's loss, Trundle now effectively has one hand on the minor premiership after an equally brutal 80-0 win over Canodobolin. Cargo had the bye.

The upsets continued in league tag as well with Trundle downing Condobolin 16-14, while Grenfell won 42-0 over Peak Hill, Molong kicked off a long day for the Golden Eagles with 20-0 victory and Manildra scored a close 16-10 win over Canowindra. Cargo had the bye.

In youth league, Trundle and Manildra won their matches while Molong had the bye.