Wallangarra hosted the Tenterfield men’s and ladies sides in the weekend’s round of fixtures.

The ladies league tag side recorded their third straight victory with a convincing 28-4 win over the Rams women’s outfit.

Without getting carried away too soon, coach Wayne Minns said his side are showing great promise.

He’s hopeful they can last the distance to notch back to back premierships.

“It was a tough game – they’ll be one of our main dangers this season,” Minns predicted.

“We’re very happy at the moment with how it’s going.

“It was a very tight first half but they are gelling really well.”

The ladies will face a struggling Killarney this weekend and Wayne said they were expecting a difficult encounter.

“They improved immensely in the first round after we played them in the preseason round robin.

“It will be a tight competition – we’re very happy with how things are rolling on and look forward to rosy things ahead,” Wayne said.

The A-grade suffered from yet another slow start and was forced to wrestle their way back into the game in the second half.

The game was 12-4 at the break and the Tigers were forced to contend with a hostile crowd throughout.

“We were really lucky to hold out and come back in the end,” captain/coach Brendan Minns said.

Wallangarra played the final 30 minutes down a man after the referee sent one of their players for consistent back-chat.

“I think people get away with that stuff too often these days – there’s no point blaming the ref,” Minns said.

The Tigers forced their way back into the game and came out 26-18 winners.

“Without taking too much from them we just dropped too much ball – you can’t play footy without the ball and we were literally handing it to them.”

Minns said his side will need to scrub out complacency if they want to retain their top spot on the ladder.

The Tigers travel north to Killarney to face a club suffering through a difficult period.

Over the weekend they started with 11 men against Stanthorpe and were thoroughly beaten 60-4.

Minns still expects a tough affair.

“They’ll be hard to beat up there – especially at none from three so far,” he said.