Wellington has again struggled against a lower placed opponent in the Group 11 premiership this time getting away with a 40-30 win against Narromine.
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The positive, the Cowboys swept all three grades.
In the top competition players paused to back the Rise For Alex campaign and once the match got underway Wellington pressured quickly Justin Toomey White pushing off defenders to open the scoring on 5 minutes, Lewis Stanley shooting the extras from a difficult sideline position.
Wellington forwards hit hard in both defence and attack forward Mick Ryan making big metres but the Jets were determined to get in Cowboys faces and centre Jordan Richardson scored first then Claude Gordon switched into top gear beating players for Narromine to hold a 12-6 advantage but just before the break Toomey White through a strong left side attack barged over and it was level at half time.
A verbal spray at half time might have ignited Wellington, second rower Shannon Ireland stormed over in the right corner but a minute later five eighth Lewis Stanley was sent off for a high tackle now a man short the Cowboys back pedalled.
The Jets hit the tarmac running and Alec Sambrook was over two tackles later and Narromine were in front.
It was what Wellington needed soon they put on 22 points in 17 minutes a man down.
Winger Robbie Donn was over in the far corner and second rower Chris Thompson scored two thumping tries running more than 30 metres both times to score and when Justin Toomey bagged a treble the Cowboys had turned around the match to lead 40-18.
Janus Walford managed to scored a dashing try and Villain Turaga ran 60 metres right through the middle but at the end of the day Wellington had managed to win but were far from impressive and serious questions will be raised about their performance running into th business end of the competition.
The reserve grade went to Wellington 22-14, the Under 18’s impressive winning 26-14.
