Canowindra headed south for their round six Woodbridge Cup clash with defending premiers Binalong on Saturday, along with the Tigresses.
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The Tigers posted a strong win defeating the home side 58-22.
Canowindra started the game full of running and it looked like the score could have been lot higher but the Tigers lost concentration and let in some soft tries in the shadows of the first half.
Mick Mason scored first for the Tigers after good lead up work by the backs.
The forwards worked the ball down the field from Matt Frazer, Aaron Earsman and Stan Torato and the backs capitalised on this and Canowindra raced away to a 20-0 lead.
After a string of penalties to the opposition, the Tigers found themselves on their own line and urgency went astray and Binalong scored three tries for the Brahmans to close the gap 20-16.
Canowindra hit back with a try to have the half time score 26-16.
The coaching staff had some firm instruction on what had to happen in the second half and the Tigers didn't let them down, stiffening up their defence with some big tackles from Earsman and Jayden Brown.
Ham Tina was great in the backs with straight runs, which had Binalong in all sorts of trouble trying to contain him, and he topped the hit ups with 20 carries for the day.
Stan Torato, Josh and Brydon had strong games along with Aaron Earsman and Jayden Brown, this showed with the points.
Three went to Jayden Brown, two Aaron Earsman and one to both Josh and Brydon.
Players' player also went to Jayden Brown.
The result lifts Canowindra to top of the competition thanks to their outstanding points differential.
Earlier in the day the league tag side won 12-10 to maintain a top five place.
The Tigers are at home against Condobolin this Sunday.