THE PARKES Boars celebrated the 10 year reunion of their first ever premiership in style, beating the Narromine Gorillas by 25 points in front of a healthy home crowd on Saturday afternoon.
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It takes the unbeaten run to 14 games, with the last loss coming to Mudgee in August last year.
They sit seven points clear at the top of the table following Saturday's 40-25 win, and it all seems to be building nicely for back-to-back flags.
It was a rusty start to the game, with errors from both sides, but Narromine drew first blood with a penalty goal thanks to a sluggish start by the home side.
That seemed to fire the Boars up, with flyhalf Luke Bevan yet again carrying multiple defenders over the try line, continuing his sizzling start to the year.
Both forward packs weren't giving an inch, but with Parkes guilty of pushing a few too many passes, Narromine kept the game tight; with the scoreboard reading 12-8 at half time.
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After the break there was a noticeable change in the Boars energy levels though, and coach Josh Miles said the side knew they had to play better.
"We talked at half time about just building phases, instead of trying to score off the third or fourth phase - and it showed when we kept the ball and got them on the back foot," he said.
"That's how we play our best footy."
It took just five minutes into the half before the flood gates opened, with Bevan securing himself a hat-trick to go with his four goals.
As usual, the longer the game wore on, the signature running rugby style of the Boars came to the fore; and Miles has a lot of faith in the sides capability of putting on points.
"Our backs have the ability to score from anywhere, Luke Hitchcock can score from 40 metres out," said Miles.
Dan Ryan, the fly half in a flanker's body, scored a beautiful try out wide while Josh van der Stok nabbed one of his own after a fantastic pass from Hitchcock.
That running rugby was set up by clever, tough forward play though, and Miles is stoked with the strong performance of his pack.
"The whole forward pack played well; but in particular Scott Chislett played great with some tough carries, and Dan was really good off the bench.
"Our set pieces were great in the line-out and scrums, and with Dan and Blake Ridges playing really well off the bench as well, they bring some great depth," said Miles.
The Boars have the bye this week, before travelling to Bathurst to take on CSU.
PARKES BOARS 40 (Tupou 2, D. Ryan, Bevan, van der Stok tries, penalty try; Bevan 4 goals) defeated NARROMINE GORILLAS 15 (Rixon, Heap tries; Heap 2 goals)
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