Up by 12 points late in the second half, the Blues had Lewis Arragon sin binned for a professional foul but still managed to keep Young at bay before going on to win 32-10.

Arragon was given his marching orders after chasing down an intercept and not only did they deny Young, but Tumut crossed twice themselves to secure the two points and stay one point behind Gundagai.

Co-coach Dean Bristow was thrilled with how the team responded to adversity.

"That was the most pleasing thing that bit of character we showed under adversity a man down with them attacking their line," Bristow said.

"We managed to hold them out but then go down the other end and put the game away.

"They were a pretty good side, with a big pack and they didn't lay down from a challenge."

Zac Masters scored a double in his best performance of the season however the Blues did pick up a couple more injury worries.

Lock Thomas Jeffery dislocated his shoulder while Austin McDougall picked up a knee injury.

The Blues made a couple of big positional changes with Lachlan Bristow starting at hooker moving Jacob Toppin into five-eighth and Todd Broad to the bench.

It seemed to have worked with the left side attack, where Toppin shifted to, causing Young plenty of headaches.

"Our left edge was pretty good and where we did most of our damage," Dean Bristow said.

"Our combinations will only get better going forward as that is obviously his first week there."

Will Dunn scored in his first grade debut for Young but the loss adds to their slow start to the season.

They've won once and had a draw to sit ninth on the ladder ahead of another tough clash with Albury at Alfred Oval on Sunday.

Tumut will be looking to continue their good form against Kangaroos before a big clash with Gundagai at Twickenham.

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