And while the coach certainly didn't think the game would unfold how it did, there wasn't anything overly surprising about the visitors' performance as the shock stemmed from how his boys played.

"We knew they were going to be good and they were," Jones said.

"They didn't do anything that surprised us... our performance surprised us."

It looked as though it would be an enjoyable afternoon in the coach's chair after three minutes as the hosts crashed over almost instantly, shooting out to a buffer that would be short-lived.

From then on, Dubbo took the shackles off and piled in the points as they made inroads through the middle of the field on the back of some high-energy carries and quick play-the-balls.

Every coach will tell you that defence is far more important than attack and Jones was disappointed with how some of his boys aimed up throughout the course of the game.

"We didn't do enough defensively... there wasn't enough intensity there," he said.

"We came out switched on. We scored that early try but then we didn't go on with it.

"There were a lot of individual performances today but the team effort wasn't there."

Although it was a good campaign for CYMS, Jones still feels as though the boys left a lot on the paddock and hopes they can progress in the next couple of seasons.

"I'm proud in a way," he said.

"This team has so much potential but it's yet to reach it.

"Hopefully these boys are still kicking on in seniors and they can reach their potentially like we all know they can do."

Not only did CYMS bow out of the competition on Sunday, so did Jake Blimka's Hawks as the 32-20 loss against Forbes wipes out the remaining sides from Orange.