For a clash between two sides battling for the wooden spoon, Saturday's match between the Glen Innes Elks and the Barbarians certainly didn't appear to be a bottom-of-the-table match up.
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From the get-go, the game was high quality with both, previously win-less, sides saving their best performances for the round six match up.
Glen Innes were first to post points Harry Brown who returned to the side after missing the previous week's match against Walcha.
The Elks' outside centre used his class and speed to burn the opposition and plant the ball down.
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The Baa Baas hit back with Jeremy Grills muscling over and led 7-5.
Tom Loane then posted points for the home side, Glen Innes kicking their only conversion for the match to take the lead back 12-5.
Baa Baas' winger Jesse Rogers then made his way over for a converted try to enter the break at 12 points apiece.
The Barbarians dominated the opening stages of the second stanza with Siosifa Talau barging over and then Tom Davidson doing the same to push the Baa Baas' lead out.
Grills brought up his double in the second-half as well but the Elks weren't done.
Young winger raced down the sideline Evan Byrne to cross for a five-pointer before Brown blitzed the field again for another runaway try.
Byrne finished with a double after he ran away again the Elks fell short.
A penalty goal to Baa Baas' Tom Wauch rounded out the 32-27 scoreline to the visitors after poor discipline and scuffles soured the finish.
Barbarians coach Scott Bremner couldn't wipe the smile off his face after the "good, hard, solid game."
"We actually played to our game plan all day," he said.
"The boys haven't been playing badly all year, a bit understaffed with ability so everybody has been having a red-hot crack.
"It is very pleasing."
He highlighted a few areas in their game which they have been working on.
"Particularly our set piece, has improved that much," Bremner said.
"For the last three weeks we have dominated everybody in the scrum.
"For a very young, inexperienced pack, it is fantastic."
For the Elks, player-coach Tom Benton was disappointed with the ill-discipline - four yellow cards - which proved very costly.
"Played 40 minutes with 14 players which speaks for discipline," he said.
"To only go down by that many after playing a half with 14 is still a pretty good achievement really."
Benton had previously bemoaned the side's inability to score points but was happy to see the improvement in that area.
"Our attack was starting together," he said.
"It's the first time we have run in a good number of tries."
Conversions also proved the difference with both sides finishing with five tries each.