In fact, they were able to find four more tries to take a 38-16 win over Bathurst Panthers and complete an unbeaten season.

An unanswered 34-point run from Workies took them to victory, as their forwards flatten a Panthers defence who simply had no answers for their size.

"I thought we were going to struggle being a player down ... but that just seemed to fire the boys up," Workies captain Jimmy Rhinhardt said.

"We've been blessed with the blokes we've got up front. We've had a great pack all year. They make metres, make a quick play-the-ball and make great metres."

Panthers were gifted the first try of the game when a dropped bomb allowed Stu Peel to score.

Lithgow charged up the field and came close to finding a response when Lleyton Lothian found space but his pass close to the Panthers try line was intercepted.

On their next venture down the Lithgow end of the ground Panthers found another try through Andrew Bennett, and the upset was on the cards.

The joy was short lived for Panthers as Workies camped themselves inside the hosts' half across a deadly 10 minute stretch.

Brent Brogan latched onto a kick to give Workies their first points of the game and when Brogan made it a double he'd brought the scores back to 10-0.

Hayden Cornwell, who had kicked the conversion for Lithgow, stepped up at the siren to kick home a penalty goal and give his side the edge at half-time.

Lithgow continued to ask questions of the Panthers defence to start the new half with a series of big runs through the centre of the park.

One of those runs, by Scott McCann, couldn't be stopped. His try and conversion from Cornwell took Workies to an 18-10 lead.

When Workies winger John Nankervis was sent off with 23 minutes remaining it opened the door for Panthers to make a comeback.

However, that did little to take the wind out of Lithgow's sails as Nick Gardner-Miller and Jake Gale scored in quick succession.

Lothian sealed the result when his silky footwork helped put Connor Legge across for his team's sixth try and a 30-10 lead.

Panthers' Michael Wicks found a consolation try.

But just to rub salt in the wound Workies ended on a high with a Brendon Van Veen try.

"It was great that we were able to stick with them for a while," Panthers captain Callum Young said.

"We just gave away too many penalties and they just got a roll on."