THE JOSTLING for rugby league semi-final positions is already well under way across the region as teams get down to the business end of the rugby league season.

Gunnedah will have to regroup if it is to play a part in the Group 4 playoffs after yet another loss

yesterday.

The Bulldogs fell to Wee Waa at Cook Oval 28-20 and are now out of the top four.

Coonabarabran nearly caused the upset of the season when it fell by just three points to North Tamworth yesterday.

Only a last-minute Bears try stole the points.

In the other Group 4 game, Moree held off Narrabri to score a 44-36 win that pushes it back into the four at Gunnedah’s expense.

Two of the three games in the Group 4 Second Division were blowouts but the third couldn’t have been much closer.

Bendemeer needed a field goal in the dying seconds of its clash with Kootingal to register a 21-20 win.

In the other games, Dungowan was dominant in its 50-10 win over Manilla and Werris Creek showed its class in a 58-22 success against Barraba.

In Group 19, Tingha just hung on against Armidale.

The Tigers won 40-36 to stay on top of the table but the Rams provided the home side with a few nervous moments.

Uralla was far too good for Warialda in the other Saturday game, winning 72-20.

In yesterday’s game at Glen Innes, the Magpies humbled Guyra for the first time in years with a 60-nil hiding, confirming Glen’s standing as one of the teams to beat this year.

o Turn to pages 22 and 23 for a full wrap of the weekend action.