The Lithgow Workies Wolves have made it two wins in two consecutive weeks after beating the Blayney Bears 40-12 on Sunday, May 19.
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"Yeah two wins in a row, I'll take it, it was ugly but I'll take it, there really wasn't much to take out of it except the two points," coach Graeme Osborne said.
The wolves opened the scoring in the ninth minute of the first half, with right winger Harley Osland scoring on the left side corner.
Only two minutes later and the Wolves showed their team work with second rower Greg Alderson off-loading to lock Jack Sullivan who was able to score under the post.
Full back Josh Howarth then put his first points on the board with a successful first kick conversion of the match.
"Ryan Jervis played well, Greg Alderson and Josh Howarth played well, but there wasn't anybody that stood up and took the game by the horns but there were a few who stood out," Osborne said.
The Lithgow side showed their aggression in the first half, using their muscle to push the Blayney team back during their attack.
The strong Lithgow defence came out as Blayney attacked the try line, but the Wolves were too strong and were able to hold the Bears up.
With just over eight minutes remaining in the first half, Blayney called for a time out as one of the players received medical treatment on field.
When play resumed, Workies attacked and right centre Zac Jones was able to find the line.
Making most of the momentum, the Wolves hit hard and Sullivan pushed through a weak Blayney defence to plant the ball and score his second try of the match.
That left Lithgow confidently going into half time 22-0 but Blayney came out firing in the second half, finally putting their first points on the board in the eighth minute of the game with Leigh Monaghan finding the line.
Bears half back Steve Lane converted the kick successfully.
"Look we stuck in it, the worst part about it was we let them get two tries in the second half, so the 0 at half time was one of the main good factors of the game," Osborne said.
Hitting right back was Lithgow big man Greg Alderson who ran over the line with sheer power to score his first try of the match.
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With full back Howarth on target, he once again converted the kick, taking the two points for Lithgow.
The next 15 minutes were spent with both sides creating penalties, scrums and free kicks.
"I think we could've completed our sets a lot better, constructed our plays a lot better, you're playing teams that are at the bottom of the ladder, both teams are second last and last, but that should lift us up a little bit," Osborne said.
"But the standard sort of showed that when you are playing low teams they try and drag you down and Blayney aren't that fit, so you have to try and keep the ball in play, to wear them out and the more time we give them scrums and drop balls and free kicks, it fell right into their game plan."
Finally, Lithgow's hooker Harry Bender was able to take a free ball and run straight under the post to get the Wolves momentum back.
But Blayney put in one final effort and five eighth Kurt Fuller was able to run past defence to score under the post.
Lane made his second and final conversion of the game for the Bears.
With only one minute left on the clock, Lithgow left winger Nick Bender was able to score in the corner to take the match to 40-12.
Osborne said the plan was to have a good three weeks leading up to the Panthers match.
"Hopefully we can go in there strong and then we will have the bye afterwards," he said.
The Workies reserve grade also had a huge win against Blayeny, taking it home 74-0. Unfortunately the Wolves under 18's side went down 24-14 and the league tag girls also lost 20-6.
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