By MARK CASHMAN

Good defence is the basis to any run at a Shute Shield title and Randwick continued to show that they are a team on the rise with their 22-0 win over West Harbour on Saturday.

The Wicks scored three tries to nil and impressively have only conceded 15 points (only two tries) in the first four rounds of the competition.

It was Back to Wests day at Drummoyne Oval and with rain about, conditions were expected to favour the home side, but they had trouble getting any sort of pay out of their endeavours.

The Wicks were ahead 17-0 at the break and continued to power on, although somewhat patchily in the second half.