At No 1 Sportsground, Terrigal Avoca had no trouble disposing of bottom-placed Cardiff, 25.16 (166) to 8.4 (52).

Despite his team’s loss, Cardiff coach Adam Dugan was pleased with the performance of the undermanned side, missing twelve of its best players.

“We were up against the best side in the competition ...  but the players competed really well for the full match,’’  Dugan said.

On the other hand  Terrigal Avoca coach Chris Bishop was unhappy with his team going against their normal style of play.

“We have a number of non negotiables in terms of how we play and we expect those to be adhered to no matter what the scoreboard says. Today we drifted away from those standards,” Bishop said.

At Rose Point Park, Singleton, a dominant display from Daniel Lloyd saw Killarney Vale return to the winning list with a 14.10 (94) to 5.8 (38) win over Warners Bay.

The match was  field umpire Darrel Luck’s  250th Black Diamond Cup match.

Newcastle City proved far too strong for Nelson bay at Dick Burwell Oval winning 18.16 (124) to 9.5 (59).

In first division, Terrigal Avoca overcame a quarter-time deficit to record a hard-fought 10.15 (75) 9.6 (60) win over rivals Wyong Lakes.

Warners Bay defeated Singleton 12.5 (77) to 8.7 (55) whilst Maitland spearheaded Cardiff 15.16 (106) to 7.2 (44).

On Sunday, Killarney Vale came from behind to deny Lake Macquarie their first win of the season by a solitary point - 9.7 (61) to 9.6 (60).

Newcastle City had the bye.

In second division there were wins to Cardiff, Newcastle City, Terrigal Avoca, The Entrance Bateau Bay, Lake Macquarie and Singleton.