By MARK CASHMAN

Northern Suburbs went a long way to dispelling the myth that wet weather and the Shoreman don’t mix well in their 23-3 Shute Shield win over the Hunter Wildfires on Saturday in Newcastle.

Norths kept the Wildfires try less throughout what was a willing 80 minutes in conditions that were reminiscent of their extra time loss to Eastwood in the grand final qualifier last year at Rat Park.

After that heart breaker there were suggestions that Norths didn’t have a Plan B or a Plan C designed to cope with those sort of conditions.

They have worked hard on that in the off-season and Saturday at the Newcastle Sportsground No.2 presented the perfect opportunity to test the waters.