Albury storm to big victory over winless Brothers

The Thunder scored the first nine tries of the clash to set up the big 40-12 win.

They crossed twice in the first six minutes to set the tone for an onslaught.

After pulling off a surprise result against Gundagai earlier this month, captain-coach Adrian Purtell was thrilled to come away with another win.

"I thought it was very important that we were patient early on and we started really well," Purtell said.

"I'm proud of the way the boys were able to stick to for the majority of the game."

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After an early blitz, Albury went into half-time leading 22-0 with Curtly Jenkinson bagging a double.

They extended their advantage as James Olds got in on the action to lead 40-0 before Brothers scored two consolation efforts in the last six minutes.

"It was probably just in the last 10 minutes where we let out standards slip a little bit but overall it was a pretty pleasing performance in what has been a pretty tough start to the season," Purtell said.

"It's week-to-week for us and now the boys get an opportunity to celebrate that win and enjoy it."

It could have been worse for Brothers with just two of their nine tries converted.

However the victory way have come at a cost with Olds picking up a hamstring issue while Reece Clegg has a foot complaint.

Albury are now bracing for a second clash with Tumut in the three rounds after being beaten 30-6 by the Blues last week.

Especially as Tumut were missing two representative forwards for their last clash.

"We've got a tough task heading up to Tumut next week with Zac (Masters) and the second rower (Ron Leapai) coming back," Purtell said.

"We're under no illusions it will be a step up so we need a tough effort."

Meanwhile Brothers have the bye before another clash with Albury on June 5.

After conceding 42 unanswered points in their loss to Gundagai last week the count went up to 82 before tries to co-coach James Hay and five-eighth Josh Siegwalt gave them something to take away from the clash.