The Cronulla Cobras staged an amazing comeback to beat Central Newcastle and lift themselves off the bottom of the NSW Cup ladder.

Down 22-0 after 30 minutes of action, the Cobras bounced back to win 36-22 before a crowd of 150 at the Gardens Sports Complex.

Tries from Jadcob Jenkinson, Con Mika, Jacob Ling and Keiran English gave Central Newcastle a 22-0 lead and it looked like the Cobras were in for a long day at the office.

The Knights had the opportunity to go further ahead in the 27th minute through Natusch but he failed to ground the ball over the line.

The turning point in the match came just one minute later when Jenkinson was sin binned for a professional foul. From the ensuing penalty the Cobras crossed the line through winger Travis Robinson. 

Robinson nailed the conversion from the touch line to bring the score back to 22-6. The Cobras landed a massive blow just before the break when Blake Green ran off a beautiful ball from Luke Hume and found Kev Kingston backing up to score under the posts to make it 22-12 at half-time.

The Cobras momentum from the back end of the first half continued straight after the break when Luke Hume  ran off a great ball from Green, and dragged two defenders over the line to score in the 46th minute.

Five minutes later, the Cobras hit the lead through former Knight Terrence Seu Seu, who threw a dummy and barged his way across from dummy half. Robinson added the extras to have the Cobras leading for the first time in the match.

The Cobras went eight points ahead when Luke Hume broke through some feeble Knights defence, stepped the fullback and scored under the sticks.

The Knights bombed a golden opportunity to get themselves back into the match with Con Mika failing to ground the ball over the line. It took a 76th minute try to Mitch Brown to set the result in concrete for the visitors when he scored under the sticks. 

Manly continued their recent good form with a hard fought 30-22 win over the Bulldogs before a crowd of 150 at Brookvale Oval.

The Bulldogs led early in the game before the Sea Eagles hit back to lead 20-18 at the break.

Balmain Ryde-Eastwood players were shaking their heads in disbelief after another closing minutes loss, this time to the Windsor Wolves.

Played before a crowd of 1200 at the Windsor Sporting Complex, saw the Tigers lead 12-4 at the break after they scored the opening two tries of the game.

The try of the night went to Rhys Hanbury, who has been brilliant for the Tigers all year, when he took a quick tap off a penalty 30 metres out, then stunningly ran solo through  no less then seven Wolves defenders to wrestle and fend his way over in the corner, 16 -10.

In the 53rd minute, the Wolves drew the score when they recovered a high bomb which popped out of Tigers hands as he was tackled mid-catch, 16 all.

The Wolves then managed to take the lead for their first time when Geoff Daniella managed to find a gap. But this was taken back almost immediately when David Gower put the Tigers deep into the Wolves half.

Allowing Tandy to run the blindside and flick a ball out to waiting winger Billy Callaway who ran over in the corner, 22-20.

But despite looking the stronger team, the Tigers couldn't complete the 80 minutes on top, receiving 3 consecutive penalties which the Wolves used to give them the lead with five minutes remaining, holding it to the buzzer 26 - 22.

Western Suburbs produced a magnificent display to defeat first-placed north Sydney 38-26 before a crowd of 1200 at North Sydney Oval.

The Bears had the better of play in the first half and led 22-10 but it was a different Wests side that came out for the second half.

Hooker Stuart Flanagan got the Magpies on the scoreboard early in the second half when he crossed for a four-pointer.

From the ensuing kickoff the Magpies were straight on the attack and aided by some strong running from front row forward Ryan O'Hara leading the way for the younger Magpies.

It was Flanagan again taunting the Bears defense as he charged for the line from 5 meters out and as the Bears desperately tried to hold Flanagan up, the arms stretching out behind his head as he was placed on his back put the ball down for his hat trick of tries for the match. 

The try was converted by Nick Taylor and the scores were all locked up at 22 points a piece and it was game on.

From that point the Magpies were never headed, as the Bears clearly had no answers for the Magpies onslaught which was to come.  The Bears could not contain the spirited Magpies attack which was relentless in it pursuit of points.

Consecutive tries to tireless second rower Corey Vlaciky, O'Hara and fledgling Magpie back rower Luke Young put the match out of reach for the Bears.

Despite not being able to train because of ground closures and a number of players having the flu, the Auckland Vulcans overcame their set-backs to beat Newtown 32-12 in front of 200 spectators at Mt Smart No 2 ground.

The Jets led 6-0 early on from a Tevita Folau try but tries from Michael Crockett, Eliakin Uasi, Ryan Shortland and Shaun Metcalf gave the home side a handy 22-6 advantage at the break.

Wairangi Koopu scored in the 67th minute to increase the lead before Rhys Pritchard crossed six minutes later. The Vulcans finished the scoring with a late try to Wairangi Koopu.

Wentworthville moved into equal top spot on the competition table after beating Central Coast Storm 24-6 in a tough encounter played before 200 spectators at Morrie Breen Oval.

The Magpies led 12-0 at half-time before the Storm hit back with a 49th minute try from Jade Williams. But a further two tries from Wentworthville got them home.

SOURCE: RUGBY LEAGUE REVIEW