Group 3 rugby league: Wauchope Blues defeat Port City Breakers on May 29

The Blues stretched their Group 3 rugby league unbeaten run into a sixth-straight week with a comfortable 32-20 victory over Port City at Port Macquarie on Saturday.

Wauchope led 16-0 at the break and extended their lead to 32-6 with about a quarter of the match remaining before they put the cue in the rack.

Coach Beau Kettle admitted there was nothing fancy about what his side did.

"That's the way Wauchope's played for years," he said.

"We just grind teams away and we've got players who can score from anywhere on the park, but our main focus is on defence. We know the points will the come."

They carried out their game plan perfectly.

"The plan was to control (the game) from the start which we did and we carried it through all the first half and kept them to nil," Kettle said.

"We haven't (kept a side scoreless) this year - we did it against Taree in the second half which was great so it's one of those little goals we're striving for."

Lock forward and co-captain Mat Bird was again the best on the ground as the Blues continued on their merry way.

Kettle said Bird continued to be one of the more underestimated players in the entire competition.

"He does the little things right and should be getting points every week for us, but he goes under the radar because he consistently does it," he said.

Ill-discipline again cruelled Port City in the opening half with a 7-2 penalty count in the first 25 minutes helping the Blues set up camp inside their half.

The Breakers again had their chances and who knows what might have happened if Mitch Fowler held onto a short ball early in the second half when they trailed 16-0.

He couldn't reel in the pass down near his knees before the Blues went up the other end, extended their lead to 20-0 in the next set and the match was as good as over.

Breakers coach Dan Kemp was frustrated his side "gifted" the Blues field position in the first 40 minutes. A side like Wauchope is too good not to take full advantage.

Kemp, however, remained confident there was no cause for concern despite the Breakers sitting on two wins from five matches.

"There's a lot of talent there; they very much feel like the monkey's on their back and they are not getting any moments, but it'll turn," he said.

"They're miles away from being at the level they're capable of being at. It's a long year."

Injuries will play a role in many teams season and the Breakers coach knows his club is no different with a number of players still unavailable.

"In a season like this where you only have one week off in 17, it's a bit of a battle of attrition and our attrition rate at the moment is pretty high.

"I've had that side where you get every bounce of the ball, you get every penalty. I've been the side who's clapping ... it happens."

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