Northern Pride have continued its Hostplus Cup surge following a strong 40-12 victory over the Western Clydesdales at Barlow Park.
The Pride turned it on in front of their Far North Queensland fans, running in seven tries to two against the visitors to move into fifth place on the ladder.
Two tries from Pride centre Samuel Cramp handed the Cairns-based club the ascendancy, as they raced away to a commanding 22-0 half-time lead.
Fresh from a drought-breaking win against the Tweed Seagulls, the Clydesdales weren’t able to repeat the previous week’s heroics.
However, they did show plenty of fight in the second half with tries to Brock Patti and Stanford Talita.
In other split round matches, Burleigh Bears beat Mackay 14-13; and Souths Logan Magpies got the better of PNG Hunters 30-20.
Northern Pride 40 (Samuel Cramp 2, Daniel Woodhouse, Kenneth Fonoti, Tyler Moriarty, Ronald Philitoga, Dane Aukafolau tries; James Frazer 6 goals) def Western Clydesdales 12 (Brock Patti, Stanford Talita tries; Christopher Woodbridge 2 goals)
Burleigh Bears 14 (Callum Gromek, Jett Bryce, Guy Hamilton tries; Josh Rogers goal) def Mackay Cutters 13 (Mason Kira, Thomas McNulty tries; Bayley Gill 2, Raydan Burns 1PFG goal)
Souths Logan Magpies 30 (Teapo Stoltman 2, Byron Johnson, Kienan Tempest, Callum Eggerling tries; Kylem Vunipola 5 goals) def PNG Hunters 20 (Bruce Bawase 2, Carlos Lung 2 tries; Clent Lama 2 goals)
