Round 11 of the Peter McDonald Premiership has come and gone, and for the Nyngan Tigers it was nothing short of a perfect day out.

A nine try thrashing in celebration of First Nations Round at home last Sunday, the Tigers donned special jerseys for their matchup against Parkes coming away as 48-24 victors.

A special nod to Tigers teams of old, the 2025 First Nations round jerseys were presented by old boys who gave the team the rev up they needed to get back at Parkes after their loss earlier in the year.

The dominant win started as such for the Tigers when Lock Jacob Neill crashed over in the eighth minute, with the conversion by Matty McDougall successful.

Further tries to Centre Terrance Ryan and Winger Connor Elwood pushed the score out to 16-0 after the twenty minute mark, and it had all the showings of a proper blood bath.

However, Parkes fought themselves back into the game and over the course of an eight minute stretch from the 32nd minute to the 39th minute they would find themselves in the lead.

A try in the 32nd minute to Parkes Centre William Taylor would see the Spacemen find their feet, before a double in the space of three minutes to Prop Thomas Williams saw the Parkes boys up 18-16 at halftime.

The defensive capitulation from Nyngan wasn’t to last in the second half, and the Tigers came out firing.

Connor Elwood added another to his tally early, as did Terrance Ryan to push the lead out to 24 to 18.

From there they kept the scoreboard ticking over nicely, tries to Back Rower Jamil Hopoate and Winger Ashley Davies put the game almost out of reach with fifteen to go at 34-18.

Spacemen Centre Junior Igila added another with ten to go to bring it back to 34-24, but the Tigers kept the foot on the pedal.

Connor Elwood completed his hattrick with five to go, and Fullback Matty McDougall crossed the line on the final play of the day to push the final score out to 48-24.

A great day for Nyngan which sees them settle into eighth spot on the Peter McDonald Premiership ladder with four weeks to go.

Next week they head down to sunny Orange to take on third placed Orange CYMS.