ORANGE Hawks injured captain-coach Brock McGarity was left fuming after the two blues suffered a heart-breaking 26-10 Group 10 defeat against Orange CYMS on Saturday.

In the best game of the season at Wade Park, twice Hawks had tries disallowed, the first to a flying Cody Robbins who, after toeing the ball ahead, appeared to bounce the footy in attempting to ground it in the first half, at a point in the game with CYMS ahead 6-0.

The second denied try came after a Todd Morrissey pass went forward, with winger Lachie Harris latching on to the delivery to score in the corner.

And with 21 minutes remaining, that would-be four-pointer would have edged Hawks to within two points.

But it wasn't to be.

"I'm very proud of all the boys playing today," McGarity began.

"They all dug in, there was a lot of 'D' on the back of calls I don't agree with."

McGarity believes the no-try rulings killed off any momentum Hawks had at the time.

"They were playing good footy, it turned around after that," he said following the Harris no try.

"We slipped off a few tackles, but like I said there were a lot of calls that put us on the back foot nearly that whole half."

In a game that started relatively slowly, CYMS scored first after a Matt Rose inside ball put Kyran Bubb over after 24 minutes.

Ben McAlpine had no trouble adding the extras and the green and golds led 6-0.

As the intensity picked up, so too did Hawks, and after a successful rendition in a victory over Bathurst Panthers the week before, Matt Boss again punted long after a scrum, letting fliers Robbins and Jedd Kennedy loose on the chase.

What CYMS coach Mick Sullivan had to say after full time:

Leading the pursuit, Robbins would eventually have his chance denied.

But it didn't take long for the two blues to hit back, as barnstorming prop Villiamme Turragga shrugged off three feeble CYMS tacklers to score after 33 minutes, Jason Gangaram stylishly converting to draw the two blues level.

The score remained 6-all at half-time.

Then, if the first half started with little more than a whimper, the second began with pyrotechnics.

On the attack, working the ball out from their own end, Hawks veteran five-eighth Wise Kativerata put Kennedy through a gap before the 17-year-old winger turned on the after burners to speed past CYMS custodian Tim Bassmann and score in the corner, bringing the vocal two blues supporters to raptures in what was a 70-metre screamer.

Gangaram missed the conversion, and soon after Tim Mortimer hit back with a converted try for CYMS, his show-and-go splitting Hawks' goal-line defence and landing the green and golds a 12-10 lead with 33 minutes to play.

Four minutes later Mick Sullivan went within a shandy of scoring himself before knocking on over the line.

He didn't make the same mistake two minutes later when some excellent lead-up work by Trent Rose created space for CYMS' player-coach to score and push his side to a 16-10 lead.

Digging deep, Hawks worked back into the contest through some terrific defence - Mitch Davis, Jared Brodrick and young lock Deryne McKenzie particularly brutal - and should have had their third try nearing the hour mark only for referee Nathan Blanchard to call back a forward pass from Morrissey.

As McGarity said, right or wrong, the call killed off Hawks' momentum.

And for the next five minutes the two blues didn't see any quality possession as CYMS scored through Sullivan again then immediately after through McAlpine to race to a 26-10 lead, one that wouldn't change for the remaining 17 minutes.

"It was probably unlucky to have that one disallowed," Sullivan said of the no-try to Robbins earlier in the game.

"It's a 50-50 and we haven't got too many ... I'm pleased to get it, especially with Cody out in the clear. It was big turn around."

ORANGE CYMS 26 (Mick Sullivan 2, Ben McAlpine, Kyran Bubb, Tim Mortimer tries; Ben McAlpine 3 goals) def ORANGE HAWKS 10 (Jedd Kennedy, Villiamme Turragga tries; Jason Gangaram goal).