With both teams coming off losses from the previous weekend, and keen to get their season back on track, this was expected to be a tough game, but the Eagles opened the game in style and did not look back.

From the second tackle, Duane Button raced down the side-line and toed the ball ahead, with Peter Bula coming up in possession metres from the line.

Grant Collison found a rampaging Edward Vale-Tighe running on to the play the ball, and a quick pass gave Vale-Tighe the first try of the day, and the Eagles a 4-0 lead.

The next Sea Eagles’ charge saw Button go to dummy-half 20 metres out, then use his strength to carry three defenders over for the day’s second try. Michael Ronan converted and the Eagles led 10-0.

Jesse McEwen was the next to score for the Eagles, finishing off a good back line movement with a long run to the corner.

McEwen scored again soon after, starting his run well in his own half, kicking ahead and regathering to score in the corner to give the Eagles a 18-0 lead.

Rob Inglis from the Broncos halted the Eagles scoring run, and Kenneth Dixon converted the try to reduce the Sea Eagles lead to 18-6.

The last fifteen minutes of the half saw errors from both sides stall the scoring, but the Eagles still ran in two tries – the first to a rampaging Bobbie Jarrett off a good pass from James Collison, while McEwen ran on to a great long ball from Ronan, to score his third try of the day.

Ronan converted the try to see the half-time score-line read Macksville 28, Dunghutti 6.

Nigel Hookey opened the scoring for the Eagles in the second half, running 20 metres off a great pass from Luke Cartwright.

Soon after Cartwright ran on to a great ball from Grant Coleman to score a well-deserved try and give the Eagles a 38-6 lead.

The rest of the game saw the Eagles build on their lead, with Hookey showing the way to score three more tries while McEwen also scored four tries and Button ended up with a hat trick.