Port United defeat Wauchope 9-0 in Football Mid North Coast Premier League

Will Bentley also scored a brace, while Adam Woonton, Matt Bale, Matt Broderick and Troy Berecry also found the back of the net as United maintained their five-point lead at the top of the table.

United led 3-0 at half-time before Nathan Wade's men went on with the job in the second 45 minutes.

"They didn't give us much of a challenge unfortunately, but we did what we had to do," he said.

"A few of the games (this season) we've played our best in the first half and not so well the second half, so that was good we continued on in the second half."

United's defence was at its miserly best with goalkeeper Cameron Higham once again having very little work to do.

"It was another game where our keeper had a clean sheet, but to be honest he might have had to do one save for the entire game," Wade said.

"That means the defence in front of him was pretty good and we did have our two normal centre backs out.

"We had two new guys in there who have played plenty of first grade, but they weren't the two we've gone with this year so that was the most pleasing aspect."

Wade admitted it was difficult to single any players out as the best although midfielder Jarrad Kohler was tidy in the middle of the field.

"With a scoreline like that, they all played pretty well, but big Jarrod Kohler was impressive again in the midfield," he said.

"I could name about seven or eight, but he can have a mention this week."

Wade said his players knew what was expected of them despite their winning record with a handful of them dropped to reserve grade for missing training.

"We dropped three guys from first grade so that was probably how we're going to keep them all on their toes so it's not just the same team each week," he said.

"They've still got to put in at training and earn their spot every week."

United's next month shapes as their biggest test so far this season with two matches and two weekend's off.

"We've got a week off for the bye, then we play Forster, then we get another week off and then we play Wallis," Wade said.

"So it's a bit stop-start, but that's the way it is and we'll have to deal with that.

"The teams behind us keep winning so we can't stop playing and hope to cruise through because they're playing some good football as well."

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