The Dubbo Bulls and Orana Spurs have left the field at Hans Claven sharing the competition points after battling to a 1 -1 draw in Wednesday's WPL match.
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While both sides went into the contest looking to breathe new life into their 2020 season with a win at home, the Bulls and Spurs will both remain where they are on the competition ladder for now.
Bulls coach Jason Schink acknowledged that the result wasn't ideal, but the game had all the makings of a classic.
"It was a hell of a game, probably the quickest and most end to end game we've been a part of, either team could have won it," Schink said.
While the Bulls have been striking steadily through the rounds so far, with consistent goals coming there way up until now, they were unable to break away from a rejuvenated Orana Spurs side.
"No one could sort of find that killer blow, we had one disallowed that would have been good and we missed a couple of one on ones, but their keeper and ours both played an absolute blinder of a game, really great stuff," Schink said.
Schink said his side needed to refocus on ensuring the chances they create don't go to waste, but praised Spurs for putting up a formidable performance in what seemed like a turning point for the club's season.
"We're still creating those chances, we've just always had a terrible knack of wasting them, normally with the amount we create it's not the end of the world," Schink said.
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"The goals will come, it's just a matter of taking more of those chances when they come up."
"It's the first time we've really seen Spurs at full strength this year too, they had their full contingent, full back line and when they're all there, they're a really handy team."
With their first bye awaiting them this weekend, Schink said the Bulls would be in a prime position to make a strong run in the back half of the competition, despite the very real threats offered by Lithgow and Macquarie.
"We get our first break this weekend, we're on the older side, the boys with a few more kilometres under their legs have been dying for a break, so that should be good," Schink said.
The Bulls have one more away game in Bathurst before a string of home games begins, another factor Schink expects to pay off.
"We've only got one more away game to play and we've not been anywhere near ourselves since the start of the year, I'm confident after we have our break with some rest we'll come back firing all the way to the end," Schink said.
