After four rounds the Group 11 ladder is starting to take shape.
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CYMS is the same force again and now sits alone at the top of the ladder while defending premiers Forbes is close behind.
Parkes and Nyngan have shown plenty of promise while Wellington has caught the eye as well, with Aidan Ryan’s leadership already working wonders and getting the Cowboys into the top five.
But lower on the ladder, sides are already getting into ‘must win’ territory.
After this weekend the regular season is more than a third over and Macquarie finds itslef with just one win to its name while Narromine and Westside are yet to taste success in 2017.
The Raiders and Rabbitohs meet in an important Dubbo derby this weekend while Parkes’ trip to Narromine is another key match.
Here’s all the teams and previews heading into round five.
DUBBO MACQUARIE v DUBBO WESTSIDE
Sunday, Caltex Park. Referee: Mick Medlin
MACQUARIE: 1 Laberato Tauoqooqo, 2 Ash Widders, 3 Wade Peachey, 4 Luke Gale, 5 Blaize Fuller, 6 Josh Merritt, 7 Willie Wright, 8 Jade Hooper, 9 Matt Lane, 10 Jayden Merritt, 11 John Ciappara, 12 Kurt Fuller, 24 Zac Rennick ©, 14 Tom Magann, 15 Quentin Dickinson, 16 Eroni Turaga, 17 Kepu Nathan. Coach: Steve McLellan and Zac Rennick
WESTSIDE: 1 Sam Coe, 2 Alfred Smith, 3 Warren Peachey, 4 Calvin Baxter, 5 Anthony Toomey, 6 Steven Merritt, 7 Steve Riley, 8 Tyrone Blanchette, 9 Carl Ralph, 10 Peter Miller, 11 Colt Tairua, 12 Brayden Peachey, 13 Robbie Olsen ©, 14 Robert Fuller, 15 Shane Peckham, 16 Brady Brooks, 17 Kieran Hill. Coach: Col Fuller
NYNGAN TIGERS v PARKES SPACEMEN
Sunday, Larkin Oval. Referee: Simon Hartas
NYNGAN: 1 Sam Simmonds, 2 Jone Kerevi, 3 Jone Yacadrau, 4 Robert Gudgeon, 5 Jackson Williams-Hedges, 6 Brett Howard, 7 Jacob Neill, 8 Todd Rope, 9 Reece Goldsmith, 10 Tunui Maurangi, 11 Loma Atuau, 12 Stewart Mills ©, 13 Benny Cokanasgia, 14 James Fisk, 15 Gerald Mackey, 16 Clayton Couley. Coach: Stewart Mills
PARKES: 1 Sam Dwyer, 2 Brandon Paige, 3 Dennis Moran ©, 4 Luke Clarke, 5 Fletcher Strong, 6 Joey Dwyer, 7 Chad Porter, 8 Peter Newell, 9 Joss Cleal, 10 Jay Slavin, 11 Jack Medlyn, 12 Jordan Pope, 13 Jake Porter, 14 Alex Prout, 15 Ben Nash, 16 Epi Sadrodro. Coach: Dennis Moran
WELLINGTON COWBOYS v DUBBO CYMS
Sunday, Kennard Park. Referee: Troy Warner
WELLINGTON: 1 Norm West, 2 Brian Baxter, 3 Daniel Ahsee, 4 Aidan Ryan ©, 5 Hayden Sutherland, 6 Richard Peckham, 7 William Lousick, 8 Ben McGregor, 9 Brogan Black, 10 Nathan Smith, 11 Lewis Stanley, 12 Steven Matherson, 13 Shannon Ireland, 14 Will Towney, 15 Keiran Brien, 16 Jake Tolhurst, 17 Jake Newman. Coach: Aidan Ryan
CYMS: 1 Kieran Cubby-Shipp, 2 Joeby Vetaukula, 3 Jyie Chapman, 4 Wade Kavanagh, 5 Hayden Howell, Brad Pickering, 7 Alex Bonham, 8 Jarryn Powyer, 9 Luke Jenkins, 10 Ben Marlin, 11 Alex Ronayne, 12 Jordan Reynolds, 13 Lincoln Kavanagh
FORBES MAGPIES v NARROMINE JETS
Sunday, Spooner Oval. Referee: John Francis
FORBES: 1 Jesse Wighton, 2 Liam Whitfield, 3 Ben Gunn, 4 Jared Tyack, 5 Jason Howell, 6 Mitch Burke, 7 Chris Kirby, 8 Ben Robinson, 9 Ethan Gaffney, 10 Zac Merritt, 11 Ben Maguire, 12 Traie Merritt, 13 Jake Grace ©, 14 Martin Herbert, 15 Mitch Davis, 16 Andrew Grogan, 17 Todd Grace. Coach: Jake Grace
NARROMINE: 1 Janus Walford, 2 Mick Louie, 3 Paul Widders, 4 EJ Fernando, 5 DJ Gordon, 6 Daryl Cubby, 7 Corey Cox, 8 Alex Sambrook, 9 Darryl Kemp, 10 Ryan Richardson, 11 Jordan Richardson, 12 Dane Cox, 13 Tim Walker, 14 Lachlan Reid, 15 Ben Portors. Coach: Luke Thompson