Pirates coach Mat Kelly has been waiting for them to put it together for 80 minutes, and on Saturday they finally did. They were clinical and relentless as they walloped two-times defending champions Narrabri 66-19. It was the most dominant grand final display for years, and likened to watching the All Blacks and Wallabies. “The scrum was fantastic, the lineouts were great. All over the park I can't fault a single one of them,” Kelly said. It was a stark contrast to their las

PIRATES wrested the Central North premiership from Narrabri's grasp in emphatic and scintillating fashion at Ken Chillingworth Oval on Saturday. Like they were in the major semi-final, and as the final 66-19 scoreline intimates, Pirates were simply superior. The scrum was dominant, defensively they were almost impenetrable and in attack they were sublime, with skipper Conrad Starr bagging a hat-trick and Damian Reti and Andrew Mepham both getting across for doubles. Pirates c