Oberon's top five hopes have taken a hit while Mudgee's bid for the 2019 Group 10 minor premiership could stall in the fall-out from a fiery clash at Glen Willow last week.
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Oberon gun Josh Starling and returning Mudgee big man Nick Harvey will miss the next month of footy after the pair was suspended for four weeks each following a stoush in their round 10 clash.
Starling and Harvey were both sent from the field after a scuffle in their sides' premier league match-up - won 50-6 by Jack Littlejohn's Dragons - and then slapped with moderate striking charges as a result.
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Harvey and Starling both took early guilty pleas but with loading and carrying over points in the mix the pair will still sit out the next four weeks.
Tigers halfback Matt Ranse was also sent off at the same time after running a distance to become involved in the melee but will only miss a week with no carry-over points or loading on top of his moderately graded striking charge.
In total across three senior men's grades - premier league, first division and under 18s - nine players were sent off in a fiery round between the Tigers and Dragons.
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Mudgee will host the winless Blayney this week without Harvey but will then take on Hawks (second) and Panthers (first) in two huge weeks.
Oberon travels to Orange on Sunday to tackle CYMS in a must-win game for the Tigers.
CYMS sits fourth while Oberon is currently fifth, both on 10 points, but with Cowra, Lithgow and St Pat's all looming on eight competition points wins are at a premium as five sides race to fill two spots in the top five.
OBERON NEXT FOUR GAMES
CYMS (away), Lithgow (home), Hawks (away), St Pat's (home).
MUDGEE NEXT FOUR GAMES
Blayney (home), Hawks (away), Panthers (home), bye, St Pat's (home).