“We ground that one out,” admitted Southern Districts’ coach Matt Barr after watching his side defeat Parramatta 27-17 in difficult conditions at Merrylands RSL Rugby Park on Saturday.

Gordon have claimed their third win of the season in emphatic style, downing fellow strugglers Penrith, 47-20 at a muddy Chatswood Oval.

With a player called Woolf on one side, and a prop with enough facial tape to resemble a mummy on the other, this always had the potential to be a horror show. Unfortunately for Gordon, that’s exactly how it played out, a local derby that rapidly turned into a nightmare as they went down to Northern Suburbs 44-15 at North Sydney Oval on Sunday.