Orana Spurs bounced back from 3-1 down to shock defending premiers Macquarie United 5-3, the win catapulting them into second place behind the Blues.

Meanwhile the South Dubbo Wanderers recorded their first win of the season against 2017 minor premiers Dubbo FC, the result pushing the Bulls down into third spot on the ladder.

Spurs captain Bailey Delaney said the side was ecstatic with the win, particularly after key midfielders Duncan Ferguson and Jared Corby left the field in the opening 15 minutes through injury.

A slow start allowed Macquarie to notch the first two goals, but Spurs pegged one back before the break.

The Blues scored again straight after half time through a penalty kick to take 3-1 lead, before Spurs “picked up our game” and scored four unanswered goals to claim the win.

“It just shows, the younger fellas really had the fitness to last to the end,” Delaney said.

“Jake Ferguson ended up having a big game in the midfield, Jack Inglis.

“Angus Cusack and Jake Grady both played unreal – Angus scored three goals, Jake scored two and Jarrod Buckland and James Burke were the standouts for the back line.”

He said the win would give the team confidence ahead of this weekend’s clash against Wellington, where they’d be hoping to make it three wins in a row.

By contrast the Wanderers recorded their first win of the season in a game that made history – they had never beaten Dubbo FC in first grade.

The Bulls scored inside two minutes before the Wanderers “woke up”, and the scoreline remained 1-0 at the break.

Fifteen minutes into the second half the Bulls struck again against the run of play but from there South Dubbo won a penalty.

There was no missing from captain Kurt Munro.

Just 10 minutes later Isaac Skinner found the equaliser and with about 15 minutes of time remaining Logan Watmore put Wanderers in the lead.

Dubbo FC almost equalised in the dying moments of the game, but Wanderers’ coach Phil Dunn was grateful some luck went their way.

“We’ve been unlucky to lose the games that we have … we’ve had some pretty spectacular goals scored against us,” he said.

“They had a chance with two minutes to go and it hit the crossbar, so some luck went our way.

“Normally that would have gone in against us.”

Dunn credited centre-back Connor McDonald for “keeping us in the game”. He said the win was a confidence boost ahead of next round’s clash against Macquarie.