Not for the first time this year the visiting Panthers got away to a flying start, in their Christie and Hood Castlereagh League round 16 clash, and again, not for the first time this year, they could not maintain the momentum.

But credit must be given to the home side who produced a remarkable comeback after trailing 16 points to nil after 25 minutes.

The Terriers spirit was evident as they fought back to go to the sheds at half time trailing by 10 points with the score board reading 20 to 10 in favour of the visitors.

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But the scoreline soon became 20 points to 16 in the opening minute of the second stanza.

From that point on it was anyone's game as both sides struggled for ascendency before a converted try to Gulgong's industrious hooker, Dan Crane edged the home side in front for the first time in the game with 15 minutes remaining.

Not long after they were in again and stretched their lead out to 28 to 20 which they dourly defended until the Panthers scored with just seconds remaining to make the full time score after an entertaining game 28 to 24.

The win by the Terriers signals that they are well and truly in the premiership race with just two competition rounds remaining until the finals series begins.

At Coonabarabran, defence was seemingly not high on the agenda of either the Unicorns or the visiting Trangie Magpies agenda with no less than 17 tries being scored.

The hosting Unicorns running in 12 whilst the Maggies scored five themselves, with the final score being an entertaining 68 to 24.

The Cobar Roosters cemented their place at the top of the table with an emphatic 58 to 2 win over the Coonamble Bears at Cobar.

The Bears will complete their 2021 commitments next Saturday when they are at home to Gilgandra before having the bye in the final round.

Other games this Saturday will see a Boronia Cup Challenge game played at Dunedoo when the Swans host Baradine.

Major interest on the day will be on the top of the table league tag clash between the two clubs with a win by either side going a long way to securing the minor premiership in that grade.

The Terriers will be looking to continue their good form when they have another home game, this time against the Trangie Magpies.

Cobar will be playing host to Binnaway whilst Coonabarabran will collect the two competition points the easy way by having the bye.

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