Orange CYMS will get some much-needed respite from this weekend's bye after a heavy defeat to Cowra on Saturday afternoon, the injury-ravaged green and golds proved no match for a Magpies side motivated by their Indigenous Round.
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With almost a dozen regular first graders out CYMS captain-coach Dom Maley was forced to call on a wealth of stand-ins for the crucial fifth-versus-sixth encounter and while the Orange side's backs-to-the-wall effort couldn't be questioned, they couldn't keep pace with the powerful Magpies.
Cowra ran in eight tries to two in a 28-point, 40-12 demolition at Sid Kallas Oval, moving ahead of CYMS into outright fifth and picking up a healthy differential boost from the victory too.
"For them to turn up and push them a little bit in the first half and probably even in the second half we could have gotten away a little bit more at times... the effort was there the whole way through," Maley said.
"I'm very proud of these guys."
The loss against the Magpies has piled the pressure on CYMS heading into the closing stages of the season.
While the top four spots are almost sewn up, the battle for the fifth finals position remains alive.
Cowra now sit on 14 points while CYMS and Oberon Tigers are giving chase on 12.
CYMS have lost their past two matches and will hope to hit back after their upcoming bye with games against St Pat's, Mudgee Dragons and Orange Hawks.
