Randwick sat atop the Shute Shield ladder after their 50-7 win over the Hunter Wildfires on Saturday.

The Galloping Greens scored eight tries to one which in many people’s minds would show that the Wildfires were outclassed in their return to footy in the big smoke.

But that certainly wasn’t the case with the visitors scoring a decent try, peppering the Randwick breakdown right through the game and hanging in there all afternoon.

Randwick coach Ben McCormack said: “Yeah it was a decent day for us. We started well and played good field position early which they struggled a bit with.