The Macquarie Raiders have returned to form with a 52-12 win over the Narromine Jet at Apex Oval on Sunday.
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Eight rounds into the Group 11 season and the Raiders had lost their last three matches but captain-coach Alex Ronyane was pleased with the effort of his side after the game.
"It was a good win," he said.
"A few boys were missing at the start of the game but the boys that came in did a good job.
"It's just nice to get back on the winning side."
One of the bright spots for Macquarie was Nathan Walker who made his first-grade debut on the wing and Ronyane was impressed with the youngster.
"He did a real good job," he said.
"I said to before the game just do your job and it's what he did and he played well."
Along with Walker, Aston Warwick and Maclay Ryan were strong in the forward pack which pleased the Raiders skipper.
"The boys are stepping up," he said.
"They're loving it, I think just being around that first-grade side as we all did as kids.
"It's good they're playing the game and loving it."
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For the Jets, injuries have riddled their season and Chad Jacobson was full of praise for his men.
"It was tough," he said.
"We are still down a few injuries but the boys keep turning up which is all we can ask.
"They're a good side but we are just down on troops and it's just hard to keep turning up.
"The boys are doing it good and toughing it out."
Jacobson was forced to move into hooker from the halves and admitted it was just due to injuries
"Just down on injuries," he said.
"We are still shuffling the side week to week so we are struggling with depth and we just haven't got the numbers in the club."
The hosts started strongly with Warwick making a break before found support in Clayton Couley who opened the scoring just two minutes in before Wydham Peachey added the extras.
Just minutes later, Tyler Bamblett extended the lead on the receiving end of a clever grubber to give the Raiders a 10-0 lead.
Tries to Filisone Pauta and Bobby Jo Gordon showed the signs of a long afternoon for the Jets until Jahrryd Usher broke several tackles to score under the posts which was converted.
Wax Neyaupa scored the Jets second try of the afternoon before Ronyane found his way to the line shortly after to hand the momentum back to Macquarie who led at halftime 26-12.
The second half was all the Raiders with tries to Kane McDermott, Samuel Coe while Walker scored two tries as Macquarie finished the match 52-12 victors.
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