With John Terry dominating from the centre bounce it is hard to see how opposing sides are going to get over the top of the Cowra Blues this season.
The Blue's Tier Two side hasn't lost a game in the Central West AFL competition all season and after recent wins over fourth placed Parkes Panthers away (12.5.77 to 3.4.22) and last weekend against fellow finals aspirants, Dubbo Demons the Blues are 24 points clear of second placed Orange Tigers entering the final round of the regular season.
Sitting at 14-0 on 56 points, the Blues will face Orange in Orange at Waratah Sports Ground in what is shaping as an entree to grand final day in only a few short weeks.
Led by Justin Kelly up front, who has been in scintillating form all year with a 47 goal tally for the Blues and Terry from the centre bounce, Cowra will be looking to stamp their authority and get another one over their fierce rivals on their own track.
Kelly's stellar season has him 14 majors clear of Parkes' Reece Matheson (33) with only one round left in the regular season.
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Should Cowra win, Kelly will no doubt play a big part as he is on track to crack 50 goals this year for the front runners.
At Mulyan Oval on Sunday the Blues dominated from the start and had raced out to a 3-2-20 to 0.1.1 lead at the first break.
The Demons hit back with the first score of the second quarter but the Blues quickly regained their composure replying with a behind before a Chris Day goal.
Jock Heinrich added another two goals and all of a sudden the Cowra score had blown out to 6.3.39 with Dubbo at 1.1.7 when the teams headed to the sheds.
The Cowra dominance continued when the side's returned with Cowra quickly adding another behind before Nick Collett swooped on a lose ball for his only goal of the match.
Dubbo responded with a behind before Braydon Hyland added to Cowra's total with one of his two majors for the match.
Further Cowra goals and one to Dubbo took the three quarter time score to 12.6.78 to 2.2.14 before Cowra took complete control in the final quarter, keeping the Demons scoreless and adding a further 29 points to their total for the day.
In the women's match Dubbo was too strong 12.13.85 to Cowra's 0.2.2.
