ALEX Davies diving over in the corner for a try is nothing new, but on Sunday when the St Pat's talent crossed it was a special moment - it was his first four-pointer as a Western Ram.
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Davies scored in the 37th minute of the under 16s Western Rams' Andrew Johns Cup clash with Riverina, one his side won 20-16.
Rams coach Tony Woolnough was stoked at the turnaround his men showed after they suffered a 26-4 loss to Illawarra South Coast Dragons in the opening round.
The way they stepped up their physical presence was especially pleasing for him.
"I think we learned a few lessons last week and it was a massive improvement on that," Woolnough said.
"The forwards were strong and in the second half we got an eight-point lead.
"It's tough footy week-to-week and I don't know if they were up for it in the first round. [But] We've had enough talent to certainly have a crack at it."
Not only would Woolnough like to ensure that the Rams continue to muscle up, he wants to keep the errors under wraps too.
"We can't give the good sides that much ball and expect to win," he said.
"We found that out the week before against the Dragons."
Davies, who lined up on the wing, is one of two Bathurst players in the Rams' Andrew Johns Cup line-up. Panthers talent Ronan Hunt-Cameron has been wearing the number one jumper.
Woolnough feels the talent of the Bathurst duo and the rest of the squad means they have the potential to win the competition.
"There's a lot of talent in this group and if they can all understand the structures we're trying to implement, I think we can go deep in the competition," he said.
The under 18 Western Rams certainly have the potential to go deep in to the Laurie Daley Cup competition, the Kurt Hancock coached outfit posting a 58-6 win over the Bulls in their clash at Leeton.
The 18 Rams side - which includes St Pat's talent Jai Siakisoni - ran in 10 tries against the Bulls, two of which came in the opening 10 minutes.
Riverina was its own worst enemy coming out of its own end as ongoing errors inside their half gave the Rams the opportunities they needed.
The mistakes allowed Western to capitalise as they held at 24-6 lead at half-time. From there boys in green and white went on with the job, that performance adding to their round one 24-10 win over the Dragons.
The Rams will be looking to make it another winning double this Sunday when taking on Macarthur Wests Tigers at Narromine.
