The Magpies dominated play from the outset, running in eight tries to two to completely overwhelm the bottom placed Bulls.

In contrast to previous weeks, Yass never gave their opposition a chance and in doing so kept their semi-final hopes very much alive.

The Magpies were guilty of dropping their intensity after leading 28-4 at half-time, but were never seriously threatened by a young Bulls outfit.

Winger Phil Sparnon opened the scoring in the seventh minute after a long ball from Chris Rawlinson put him into open space.

Scott Naughton stretched the score to 8-0 when he stepped through the traffic, leaving the defence clutching at thin air.

The Bulls crossed the try line at the 20 minute mark but this only inspired the Magpies into producing their best attacking football of the year. In a golden five minute period, Yass piled on three tries to turn the game on its ear.

It began when Shaun Greathead made a bust on the edge of the ruck and swept play downfield before being caught ten metres out from the line. Standing in the tackle, he found support and a couple of passes later, Peter Quinn crossed for a four-pointer.

Moments later Richie Allan took on the line and won, striding through a gaping hole. After a gallop downfield, Allan chipped over the fullback’s head and Rawlinson was on hand to pounce on the ball underneath the posts.

Allan had a hand in the next try as well, sending young fullback Dane Snowden on a 50 metre run to the line with a perfectly timed pass.

Naughton scored his second try moments before half time to boost the home side’s half-time advantage to 28-4.

Unfortunately for home supporters the second half failed to live up to the standard of the first.

The Magpies went away from their game plan and coughed up possession on a regular basis.

Sparnon bagged his second of the afternoon after another Allan break, while Rawlinson scored his second in the dying stages with a superb solo effort, stepping around most of the Bulls’ backline en route to the line.