Two long range team tries against the run of play helped Souths claim an important 25-21 victory over Bond and move back into the top four after eight rounds.

The Magpies started and finished the match with two of the best five pointers you’ll see this season but were less impressive through the middle portion of the match.

“We spoke during the week about how important a game it was for us. Bond had our number last year, so it was good to get one back against them,” Souths skipper Kohan Herbert told Rugby News.

“It was good to get the win but we didn’t play as well as we would have liked and had to really dig deep in that last 20 minutes to grind out the result.”