More to the point, a winning culture.

Against a Charles Sturt University side desperate for a confidence-boosting victory, it was the young Bombers who first found a way out of trouble, and then a way to win.

Down by three goals early in the first quarter and two goals at half-time, Marrar came with a surge in the second half, kicking eight goals to two for an impressive 12.12 (84) to 8.9 (57) victory.

"The game was still in the balance at three-quarter-time, it was anyone's game. But that's the beauty of young blokes. They run games out and that's what they've been doing all year," Lenon said.

"It was a really good win. It'd be our best win to date this year, I reckon I can say that."

While CSU cursed their inability to close out a result, in contrast, their fourth loss in five games was Marrar's fourth straight win.

It's a good looking streak for a vastly different team to the Marrar side which won the last two flags. But there's no doubting their will to win.

"I think that's a club thing," Lenon said.

"These young blokes we're talking about, a lot of them had a taste of first grade last year so they know what to expect. And they also played in an under 17 premiership, which was a first for the club. So (winning) is already instilled into them."

The lead changed hands five times in the third quarter, with one point the margin four times. But as the game wore on, Marrar withstood the pressure when CSU loomed, and then applied it when they were given a sniff, both on the scoreboard and in the contest.

""We were outplayed early, for sure," Lenon said.

"I reckon we didn't have our head in the game. Our tackling wasn't great early, we made a couple of bad mistakes... but I think that added to the victory because we re-assessed things at quarter-time and gee our tackling picked up. I thought our tackling the last three quarters was brilliant."

The return of assistant coach Cal Gardner was important and his experience, as well as four goals, invaluable. Twice he put his side in front in the second quarter. He began their resurgence after half-time with a third. And his fourth (thanks to some Jed Jenkins pressure) put the margin beyond 20 late, and the result beyond doubt.

At the other end of the spectrum, schoolboy Archie Howard stood tall at centre-half-forward, with three goals in a row either side of three-quarter-time. The first put the Bombers a point in front. The next two opened up a 13-point lead.

In between Howard's second and third, CSU had sustained pressure and field position - and a real chance to seize control for about six minutes. But three behinds and an out on the full hurt, and the game slipped away.

Forward Zach Walgers put the icing on the cake with the last goal of the game. Fittingly, it too was direct reward for pressure, as captain Jackson Moye buried an opponent to win a free and then hit Walgers.

Both were strong in a big team effort for Marrar, with ruckman Nick Molkentin also influencing the game at critical times, and a host of players standing up throughout.

For the Bushpigs, Lachie Moore's good efforts continued while Brayden Ambler was heavily involved in a bid to lift his team. The loss of Nick Wright in the second half hurt after he'd helped put his side in a strong position early.

CSU now face the unenviable task of a trip to The Rock, to meet a Magpies side coming off its first win and desperate to continue to climb the ladder.

The Bombers return home but face their toughest test, tackling the unbeaten East Wagga-Kooringal at Langtry Oval.

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