It was a win after a win type of day for the Mudgee Dragons club as all four competing teams took first round wins against the Cowra Magpies at Glen Willow Stadium on April 14.
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First up it was the ladies league tag who took a 12-0 win against the Cowra side, with Sally Harris voted woman of the match.
Then it was the under 18s side who proved dominant to claim an 18-10 win with Keith Jacobs named man of the match.
Soon after it was the first division side who defeated the Cowra Magpies with a 36-14 victory, while Nick Wilson was named man of the match.
Last and certainly not least, it was the premier division side who pulled off a successful hard earned win over the Magpies with a score of 24-12, with Jack Beasley named man of the match.
"Really strong win to start the season having two players, Tom Shearman and Lachie Hill go down early with injury. I thought the boys really turned up for each other," captain-coach Jack Littlejohn said of the group 10 performance.
"Big performance from Casey Burgess and Jack Beasley playing 80 minutes in the middle. Still have a lot to work on with our finish to the game being a bit scrappy but overall a massive effort and a good win."
Club president Sebastian Flack says achieving a four grade win is a weekly goal and provides a significant boost of moral.
"A four grade win is a massive boost for moral as everyone is on a high," he said.
"Especially with the amount of work all teams have done in the off season, it's a good justification that it has all been worth it and a really good step for building momentum for the first lot of games.
"Winning at home is obviously another big goal as well that all teams in sport set - the old cliche "we don't loose at home".
There are 15 more rounds for us to get a clean sweep so we are going to be trying our best every week for a few more.
- Sebastian Flack