ALBURY kept arch rival Tumbarumba scoreless for the second time this season by trouncing the Greens 44-0 at Greenfield Park on Sunday.
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After beating their long-time rival 36-0 in round five, Ben Jeffery’s line-up backed it up superbly to strengthen its position in the top five.
Their finals chances were helped by Junee’s 18-0 victory over Temora at Nixon Park.
“The results went our way which was good,” Jeffery said.
“We’re still in there and, if we can sneak one of our last two games after the bye, we should be right.”
Albury, who is a win and point difference ahead of Temora, will bank two points for this weekend’s bye and must defeat either Junee or Gundagai in the final two rounds to be guaranteed finals action.
The Dragons face Brothers at Wagga, followed by Cootamundra and the bye.
In-form Jon Huggett put Albury on the road to victory by opening the scoring before Izzy Rawhiti, Huggett, Jack Watson and Ziggy Kennedy followed up to grab a commanding 28-0 lead at half-time.
With the lights turned on as the rain tumbled down, Thunder continued to inflict pain on the visitors with Alex Jones, Jeffery and David Cowhan crossing the line.
“It was a really good effort,” Jeffery said.
“To keep them scoreless after Tumbarumba had a good win last weekend was great.
“We limited their options, made good field position and completed our sets.
“I thought our ball control was good in the conditions.”
Watson, Cowhan and Huggett battered the under-sized Tumbarumba defence with their hard-running.