With Mustangs player numbers falling, the week-end's third round match was called off in the 4th quarter with the Lions ahead 58-0.  The officials' call may have come as somewhat of a relief to the Mustangs offence, which to that point had been mauled by a rampant Lions defence.  By the time the game was called, the Mustangs offence had been thrown for a loss of 41 yards on 31 plays, given up 4 turnovers and been outscored 0-6 by the Lions defence.   

Indeed it was the defence which opened the scoring.  The  Lions had driven into the red zone on their second possession only to lose the ball on a Liam Erby fumble.  This only delayed matters, as three plays later cornerback David Bourke jumped on a lofted throw into the flat to return the pass 9 yards for a touchdown.  This was Bourke's second career interception return for a touchdown, moving him into a tie for the Lions career record.  The Lions went for 2 points, but botched the snap to leave the score at 6-0. 

The offence soon got into the act, piling on three more touchdowns before the end of the half to make the second quarter a 30-0 whitewash.  The Lions next touchdown came after the offence had been backed up twice on holding penalties to the 36 yard line.  From there Kelen launched a deep sideline pass to Mathew Freeman, who took the ball in stride behind the coverage for the score.  Mac Shine was open on the conversion pass attempt for 2 points.  

Fullback Liam Erby was being given some nice running lanes by his offensive line of Benjamin Dodd, David Thode, David Allen, David Kong and Paul Edwards, but suffered the fate of having 3 long runs for touchdown called back on penalties.  He still managed 152 yards on 21 carries for the day and handled the ball on 4 straight plays on the next series to score from 4 yards out.  Kelen scampered into the endzone for 2 more points on the conversion. 

The defence was handing the ball to the offence on a platter.  On the first play of the next drive, linebacker Ian Triganza stripped the ball from the Mustangs' quarterback for freshman lineman, Musa Ovalle, to recover the fumble on the 32 yard line.  Kelen hit tight end James Gifford for 22 yards and then Freeman on a slant pattern for 10 yards and the touchdown.  Freeman used a nice block from the umpire to scrape off his coverage to get into the endzone.  An Erby 2 point run completed the scoring for the half at 30-0.   

The Lions were straight back into it after the break.  Tristan Cauhepe took the kick-off return back to mid-field, from where Erby carried the ball down to the 6 yard line on 2 carries.  After being backed up to the 10 yard line, Kelen fired a pass to Cauhepe on third down for a touchdown.  Erby added the PAT to take the score to 37-0. 

There was no let up from the defence either. On the next defensive series, three run plays left the Mustangs further back than where they had started from and needing to punt.  Inside linebackers Joe Lim and Leigh Louey-Gung would lead the tackle count for the day with 8 each, while together the defence would rack up 20 tackles for loss.  Cauhepe returned the kick 24 yards to half-way and then Erby ran it in from 41 yards, only to be called back on a penalty.  The offence was finally stopped when Kelen threw the back release pattern to Erby in a crowd and saw his pass end up in the arms of the Mustangs linebacker who had come in to make the tackle.

The defence soon had the ball back.  After Musa Ovalle had been in on the first two tackles of the ensuing drive, the Mustangs decided to go for it on fourth and four.  Anthony Sinton read the slow developing option play from strong safety to come up and nail the unfortunate pitch man for a three yard loss in a trademark tackle.  Erby finally had a flag-free long run, taking the ball 45 yards for a touchdown on the second play of the next drive. 

The scoring was now coming thick and fast.  After a long Mac Shine run, quarterback Andrew Frawley tucked the ball on a bootleg pass play and took off for a 16 yard touchdown - the first of his career.  Freshman lineman Chris Fung recovered a fumble on the first play of the next drive and Mac Shine took the power counter 25 yards for another touchdown on the very next play to move the score out to 58-0.

And that was where it would stay.  The Lions recovered another fumble on the second play of the next series, freshman linebacker Kieran Deale pouncing on the loose ball, but the game was called off with the result not in doubt and the Mustangs starting to hurt for numbers.  The Lions now look forward to a clash with the only other undefeated team, the Penrith City Outlaws, next Saturday.