While the Cherrypickers never looked in danger of defeat, Temora outscored them in the second half of the clash at Nixon Park on Sunday.

Cruising with a 30-8 lead at half-time, in the end Young rang out 42-30 victors to set up a clash with Brothers at Alfred Park next Sunday.

Defence was far from the order of the day for either team, but letting in so many points was just one of the that had Woolford livid after the full-time siren.

“We were poor,” Woolford said. “We were good in patches but we need to move on from it pretty quick.”

Coming off the bye, Woolford did not think his team came into the game with the right attitude.

It is something he wants to see change quickly if they are going to be a real competition threat.

“It was a bit of an attitude thing and a bit of an effort thing," he said.

“I’ve said from the start the start that if we get those two things right we can beat anyone, but we didn’t get it right today and were lucky to get away with it.”

The Cherrypickers got off to a brilliant start when Will Scott opened the scoring after two minutes.

Temora quickly responded when Chris Maher scored five minutes later before Young scored two tries in two minutes.

Scott went through some soft defence and two plays later Jesse Corcoran was over after Young created an overlap out wide.

After four tries in reserve grade, Jack Goode added one in firsts to keep Temora in the hunt before tries to Tui Samona and Corcoran had the Pickers rolling into the break.

Temora responded well after the interval, scoring two of the next three tries after the break before Corcoran completed his hat-trick to seal the win.

Tries to Grant Hughes and Hayden Philp in the last seven minutes added some respectability to the scoreline, but the loss all but ends Temora’s finals hope.

While they have the bye this week they face top three teams Southcity and Gundagai in the last two rounds.

While not quite giving up hope, captain-coach Grant Boyd once again lamented a lack of numbers.

“We are struggling and had 10 players to start the game, but all the boys dug deep,” Boyd said.

Playing without suspended Weissel Medal leader Ray Talimalie, young halves Corcoran and Matt Murray definitely filled the void for the Pickers.

Woolford believes the team will be better for the game with the new combination.

“Matt Murray just slotted in their nicely,” he said.

“He’s played first grade before and played a lot of it.

“He’s a good young kid who goes well and while we lacked a tiny bit of direction today that will come.

“We will be better for the run with a new half in there and will be right come next week where we need to turn up ready to go.”