Both teams play a possession based game and knock the ball around well, but it was Raptors who kept their unbeaten run intact with a 5-0 victory.

Raptors opened the scoring after a tense first 20 minutes.

Tigers midfielder Matt Swindle went down after contact with a Raptors player.

The referee saw no foul and Raptors made the most of a numbers advantage to score for 1-0.

Justin Ward nearly levelled things back up when he took on the Raptors defence.

His shot sailed just wide despite colliding with the Raptors keeper.

Good ball movement saw Raptors open up the Tigers’ right side defence to find an unmarked player inside the box.

The attacker wrong footed Tigers keeper Steve Bateson for 2-0.

Tigers came close to opening their account, only to be denied by the post. 

Andrew Bourke was on the end of a Jacob Townsend cross. 

His shot beat the keeper, but not the post, and was cleared by the Raptors defence.

Tempers flared just before half-time with officials required to calm down both sides.

Raptors added two more goals early in the second half before Tigers went close to scoring again.

Justin Ward was fouled near the box and Matt Swindle’s subsequent shot grazed the outside of the post with Raptor’s keeper beaten.

Raptors scored their fifth goal late in the match to continue their unbeaten run at the top of the table.

Brett Hutchings was named Brian Collins Smash Repairs Most Valuable Player for a solid defensive effort.

This Sunday, Tigers take on Forbes All Stars in Parkes at 2pm.