Hunter, Eastwood, Gordon, Western Sydney and Randwick claimed impressive wins in round six, while Easts produced their best performance of the season to beat Uni on Ladies Day.

A third of the way through the regular season, just seven competition points separates second and 10th on a super tight Shute Shield ladder.

Eastwood 46-35 Northern Suburbs

Eastwood survived three yellow cards in the final 20 minutes to beat Norths 46-36 and claim just their third win of the season.

Norths jumped away to an early 10-0 lead in a high scoring first half following tries to Reece Mau’u and Seb Cameron. But Eastwood quickly responded, first with a penalty goal, then through a try to Michael Icely.