Brothers stun premiers as Tago stars for high-flying Saints: NSWRL Wrap

Defending premiers Hills Bulls were left stunned by Penrith Brothers in a fiery contest at Crestwood Reserve, with fullback Kieran Hayman sent off in a fiery contest that saw Brothers claim just their second win of the season.

Brothers were led by a two-try effort to centre Steven Taupau-Sako, and they'll need plenty more of the same over the next few weeks to preserve any hope of a finals appearance, already six points behind the top four sides.

Meanwhile leaders St Marys continued their unbeaten start to the season, with winger Jake Tago scoring a fistful of tries in a dominant display against the Silktails in Fiji.

In the round's other action, Glebe put the disappointment of last week's defeat behind them, bouncing back to secure a convincing win over Mounties, while the Bulldogs weren't able to capitalise on a strong start to their game against Wentworthville, with the Magpies prevailing 38-22.

ST MARYS 22 (J Tago 3, D Fale tries; T Sapienza 3 goals) D. KAIVITI SILKTAILS 12 (S Bola try*; T Seru 2 goals). 

GLEBE 34 (H McKeon, R Travers, J Taipari, M Coleman, J Tufuga, G Sukanaivalu tries; D Makoare-Boyce 5 goals) D. MOUNTIES 20 (T Menzies, R Ioelu, H Hiroti, L Mulitalo tries; J Hughes 2 goals).

PENRITH BROTHERS 30 (S Taupau-Sako 2, J Main, F Iosefa, V Kuli tries; R Garner 3 goals) D. HILLS BULLS 22 (L Aldridge 2, R Hughes, T Lasalo tries; B Keighran 3 goals). (FB KIERAN HAYMAN SENT OFF)

WENTWORTHVILLE 38 (N Apelu 2, L Cokanuto, R Graham, J Delailoa, J Minhinnick, R Pritchard tries; D White 5 goals) D. CANTERBURY 22 (K Weatherall-Stacey, B Cox, L Vito, T Fishers tries; Weatherall-Stacey 3 goals).

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St Marys are also dominating the Sydney Shield, clear atop the ladder thanks to another dominant display against Cabramatta, led by a four-try effort to centre Michael Tuavao. The league's leading try-scorer Emosi Alamoti continued his fine form in a losing side, scoring another double.

Mounties secured a huge win over Glebe, with doubles to Matthew Craparotta and Solomon Akama, while Hills also put on a dominant display against Brothers that helps them leapfrog the Penrith side on the ladder.

In the round's final contest, lowly Moorebank secured just their second win of the season in a 38-16 boilover against Wentworthville.

MOUNTIES 45 (S Akama 2, M Craparotta 2, L Christensen, K Savage, J McMullen tries; Savage 6 goals; Christensen field goal) D. GLEBE 26 (S Terekia, J Khoury, D Kulevski, J Tautaiolefua, M Maroun tries; Tautaiolefua 3 goals).

ST MARYS 44 (M Tuavao 4, J Gordon 2, K Farr, M Fidow tries*; Z Greene 4 goals) D. CABRAMATTA 12 (E Alamoti 2 tries; B Maycock 2 goals). 

HILLS BULLS 44 (I Gorman, N Bilsborough, J Jaber, D Marshall, T Afualo, S Walpole, J Rizk, B O’Reilly tries; J Griffin 6 goals) D. PENRITH BROTHERS 10 (L Whitehouse, J Bolt tries; B Borthwick goal). 

MOOREBANK 38 (D Ludwick 3, C Laiman 2, J Saldaneri, A Tukuafu tries; 5 goals*) D. WENTWORTHVILLE 16 (C Gatt, F Lavemai, K Lemusu tries; M Wichmann 2 goals).

(Cover image: Hills Bulls Facebook)
*denotes not all scorers listed.

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