THE Aberdeen Tigers put distance between themselves and the Singleton Greyhounds on the Bengalla Hunter Valley Group 21 Rugby League ladder, thanks to a 34-16 victory at the weekend.
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And, to do so, the Tigers overcame a 16-10 deficit at the break to register their sixth win of the 2019 season.
Aberdeen went up a gear in the second half, with Marcus Marsh, Cameron Savage and Steve Hinschen providing barnstorming runs up the middle, which freed Daniel Hoogerwerf and Tyler Leprince Campbell to weave their magic.
The return of playmaker Shane Hasselmann also made a huge difference.
His deft touch allowed Harry Douglass, Ewin Bartholomew, Dylan Porter and Liam Foran to cause numerous headaches out wide.
It was all one-traffic at Denman, with the Scone Thoroughbreds touching up the understrength Devils 88-8 on Sunday.
Tim Smith starred for the defending premiers with a five-try haul - just a week after Joel Harrison achieved a similar feat.
The Thoroughbreds led 52-8 at the interval.
A double to Smith, as well as tries to Jake Collison (three), Tom Pickersgill, Josh Adams, Justin Apthorpe, Ronin Haddin and Jarrod Wicks set up the advantage.
Jake Watts landed eight conversions.
The rot continued after half-time with Nick Watson, Watts, Dan Ritter, Smith (three) and Gary McKeon also touching down.
Watts capped off a great day with the boot, kicking another four goals.
In reserve grade, the Greyhounds ruined the Muswellbrook Rams' Old Boys Day with a 14-4 triumph, the Tigers defeated the Murrurundi Mavericks 34-24, the Thoroughbreds prevailed over the Greta Branxton Colts 42-2 and the Merriwa Magpies thrashed the Devils 66-0.
Singleton's under-18s beat Muswellbrook 40-10 and Aberdeen drew with Scone 14-all.
In league tag, the Ramettes shared the points with the Greyhounds 12-all, the Mavettes upstaged the Tigers 20-4 and the Magpies put the She-Devils to the sword 42-0.
Round 12 results
First grade - Scone defeated Denman 88-8, Aberdeen defeated Singleton 34-16
Reserve grade - Singleton defeated Muswellbrook 14-4, Aberdeen defeated Murrurundi 34-24, Scone defeated Greta Branxton 42-2, Merriwa defeated Denman 66-0
Under-18s - Singleton defeated Muswellbrook 40-10, Aberdeen drew with Scone 14-all
League tag - Muswellbrook drew with Singleton 12-all, Murrurundi defeated Aberdeen 20-4, Merriwa defeated Denman 42-0
Points
First grade - Scone 24, Aberdeen 12, Singleton 8, Denman 4
Reserve grade - Merriwa 22, Scone 21, Aberdeen 17, Singleton 16, Muswellbrook 12, Murrurundi 2, Greta Branxton 2, Denman 2
Under-18s - Singleton 23, Muswellbrook 15, Aberdeen 13, Scone 12, Denman 7
League tag - Scone 24, Murrurundi 20, Merriwa 19, Muswellbrook 11, Singleton 10, Aberdeen 8, Denman 2
Round 13 draw
Saturday, August 3 -
(at Merriwa)
2pm: league tag, Merriwa v Scone
3pm: reserve grade, Merriwa v Scone
(at Denman)
1pm: league tag, Denman v Aberdeen
2pm: under-18s, Denman v Aberdeen
3.10pm: reserve grade, Denman v Aberdeen
4.30pm: first grade, Denman v Aberdeen
Sunday, August 4 -
(at Muswellbrook)
10.20am: league tag, Muswellbrook v Murrurundi
11.20am: under-18s, Muswellbrook v Scone
12.30pm: reserve grade, Muswellbrook v Murrurundi
(at Singleton)
12.30pm: reserve grade, Singleton v Greta Branxton
2pm: first grade, Singleton v Scone
