MCUE, Wagga Tigers and Coolamon are all equal on 44 points with three home and away rounds remaining.

MCUE and Coolamon will go head to head next week.

Collingullie-Glenfield Park and Leeton-Whitton are just one game behind in fourth and fifth places.

There is now a crucial gap of six points to Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong and Griffith in sixth and seventh spot.

The top three teams only need to win one of their remaining three games to book their place in finals.

The Crows have the easiest run home of the top five teams.