The visitors produced plenty of impressive moments on Sunday when they took on the other in-form team in the Macquarie Raiders and maintained an edge and discipline that set them apart.

Both sides had two wins and one draw heading into the top of the table clash and the see-sawing momentum throughout was plenty of evidence as to why.

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Kaiden Hill opened up the scoring for Macquarie, planting a try in the right corner four minutes in, but a costly missed conversion came back to bite when Wellington's Rylee Blackhall slipped straight through the middle and planted the ball between the posts.

Deakin Flick added the extras and kicked the Cowboys into the lead a moment later.

While Flick and Blackhall were all class throughout, Cowboys coach Graham Blackhall gave particular praise to Quincy Ross for keeping the team's forward momentum rolling in a back and forth affair.

"He went really well, there were glimpses from all the players showing their improvement, but Quincy's just come back from Sydney and he was very, very good, he matched up really well with Macquarie's best forwards," Blackhall said.

The Raider's Nathan Walker took back the lead in the second quarter with a try set up by an assist from Brandan Hamilton, but another missed conversion kept the score-lines tight enough for Wellington to return the favour, with Elijah Coliss muscling over the try-line from dummy half.

Hamilton was against crucial at the start of the second half, racing along the flank to support Jye Day and complete a run half the length of the field that ended in a try, and an equal score.

Kaidan Hill's boot finally found the mark from in front of the posts and gave the homeside the lead once again, but it didn't last long before a series of frenetic possession switches put Wellington, ball in hand, back on the Raider's try-line.

Rylee Blackhall picked up his second set of points for the day, wrong-footing Macquarie's forwards before carrying two more defenders with him and across the line.

Flick wasn't able to extend the lead for Wellington this time, but a lack of discipline took it's toll on Macquarie after Kaiden Hill was binned for the last ten minutes of the game.

Raider's coach Jim Kelly lamented the momentary lapses on-field, and asserted that it was something the team would need to focus on in order to remain competitive.

"We keep making mistakes and when we do it's the same mistakes we see week in, week out, until they learn to get through their sets and control themselves, we're not going to win many games at all," Kelly said.

"It was a good game, it was very tough and both sides were very competitive."

The numbers advantage was all Wellington needed to press their opponents, with Rylee Blackhall capitalising on a Raiders knock-on right near the try-line and switching the ball to Jarmaine Elmes who planted a try with less than two minutes to go and sent Wellington out as winners.

Although a last minute conversion from Flick was attempted, it went wide, keeping the score at 20 - 14 at full time at Apex Oval.

Wellington now sit atop the north pool's ladder and are set to take on CYMS this weekend, while Macquarie will sit in second and look to bounce back against the Mudgee Dragons.

Wellington Cowboys 20 (Rylee Blackhall 2, Elijah Colliss, Jarmaine Elmes tries; Deakin Flick 2 goals) defeated Dubbo Raiders 14 (Bradan Hamilton, Nathan Walker, Kaiden Hill tries; Hill goal)