Western Rams' conclusion to a challenging Presidents Cup campaign was one packed with mixed emotions after the visitors gave up a 14 point lead to go down 42-24 to the Glebe Burwood Wolves at Henson Park on Sunday.

Rams brought out some of the best football of their campaign in the closing game to fly out to an 18-4 lead just before the main break, led by brilliant performances from Brendan Hands and Bailey Hartwig.

But the finals-bound Wolves showed why they sit high on the ladder when they came to life in the second half.

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Rams sadly helped the hosts' cause, gifting several penalties and falling on the wrong side of referee decisions, according to coach Cameron Greenhalgh.

However, the Rams mentor said it was solid showing from his side who have shown more cohesion as the competition went on.

"We had an 18-4 lead with five minutes to go in the first half and we really had them under the pump," he said.

"We knew we needed a good start to the second half to try and go on with it but the next 10 minutes was the worst we played in the whole game and we let them back in. We never recovered.

"There were some tough calls against us as well. But there were a couple of telling mistakes, like kicking the ball out on the full straight after half-time.

"We kept competing to the end and when we had the ball we still looked really good. We were still trying to score points and we came close to it on a couple of occasions."

Along with Hands and Hartwig, Greenhalgh also praised the performance for Bathurst brother Jake and Jed Betts.

Rams have the bye for the final round.