THE Kiama Knights have made it four Group Seven wins of the trot after dismantling the Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles 44-28 at Centenary Park on Sunday.
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After an end to end start, the Knights opened the afternoon's scoring in the 10th minute when sweeping move to the left by Tom Atkins and Ethan Ford put Jay Delaney over to score.
Half Cam Vazzoler added the extras for 6-nil.
The lead was doubled six minutes later, when another shift to the left resulted in Vazzoler waltzing through to score under the sticks.
He converted his own try for 12- nil.
The Knights had their third within the first 20 minutes when a shift from left to right, which went through more than half a dozen sets of hands, resulted in an overlap for Ryan Timbs to score.
In the 23rd minute, Alex Boles made it four for the Knights when he dived over from dummy-half, following back to back sets on the Park's line.
Vazzoler converted for 22-nil after 24.
After the possession started to even out, the Park had their first - Luke Patten hit backrower Drew Butterfield with a flat pass, before the latter beat four defenders and reached out to score.
Half James Bower-Scott converted for 22-6 after 36.
But right on half-time, the Knights scores their fifth try - after being denied a try himself, Atkins found Ford with a sharp pass to score just inside the left corner post.
Vazzoler nailed the sideline conversion for 28-6 at the break.
Whatever Gary Breakspear said at the break worked, as the Park came out a different side.
After two near misses in the first few minutes, they finally had their second when quick hands by Patten and Isaac Parkes put Kane Ball over to score.
Bower-Scott failed to convert, leaving it at 28-10.
But the Knights bit back straight away, when Atkins used his pace to find a hole in the defensive line, after being gifted staring field position by a Park error, to score in the 53rd minute.
Vazzoler missed, as it remained 32-10.
One minute later, a bad bad pass from Patten to Jack Wash, coming out of their own end, went to ground before Lachlan Farrell and Dylan Morris toed it forward for the latter to score.
Vazzoler converted for 38-10.
In the 61st minute, a sharp Matt Arblaster pass to Jarrod Kind saw the latter barge over for the hosts' third.
Bower-Scott converted for 38-16.
The Eagles made it two in a row when Sione Lufe powered over next to the posts in the 69th minute.
Bower-Scott added the extras 38-22.
But the Knights put the game beyond doubt with a Tasman Gilmour try in the 74th minute, after he bulleted through the line and stepped fullback Patten.
Vazzoler again converted for 44-22.
Jack Walsh scored a consolation try for the hosts in the final minute to make it 44-28 at full-time.
In the win, Vazzoler, Tom Angel, Alex Boles and Gilmour all starred while Patten, Josh Sainsbury, Walsh and Brent Wake never gave up for the Eagles.