Was it third time lucky for the Mudgee Wombats or was it a matter of the little things coming together to secure their third round fate against Parkes on Saturday at Glen Willow Stadium?
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Mudgee first grade half-back James Ford says their 50-0 win over the Parkes Boars had a lot to do with everyone coming together rather than a case of luck.
"I wouldn't say it's third time lucky, we've been playing some good footy but haven't really been able to put things to hand but the boys played really well," Ford said.
We did our little one per cent jobs right, everyone worked together and we got the win.
- James Ford
David Smith scored the first try of the match within the first minute followed by a Ford conversion.
Josh McLean, Scott Hedrick, Alex Saint, Brian O'Reilly, James Ford, Jackson Hobson all scored tries throughout the match with Smith scoring the final fiver.
"What we did today is what we need to do for every game," Ford said.
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Despite heading in with an undesirable amount of players, Parkes went into the match looking for that victory that never came so instead focused on enjoying the game.
"We played a great game of rugby, we knew what the day was going to be like so we had a bit of fun out there," Parkes' Sam Davies spoke of the match.
"We came with 15 players and you could see injuries straight up that left us with 13," Davis said.
We do have a bit to work on but it was great fun.
- Sam Davies
"Full credit to the Parkes boys, it's hard when you've only got 26 players registered for two teams," Ford said.
"It was good to see them come over and give it a red hot crack."
- MUDGEE WOMBATS 50 (David Smith 2, Josh McLean, Scott Hedrick, Alex Saint, Brian O'Reilly, James Ford, Jackson Hobson; James Ford 5 conversions) def PARKES BOARS 0