Dungog seemed to be cruising early in the second half leading 22-6 only for Lambton to fight its way back into the game and level the scores just before fulltime.

A mid-field bomb from the Kingfishers on the last play of the game saw Warriors fullback Lee Nevin being tackled in mid air while safely defusing the kick.

With regular kicker Nevin being attended to by the medics Jackson Bell put his hand up for the penalty attempt.

Placing the ball a metre on the wrong side of half way Bell calmly put the ball on the tee, measured his run up and sent the Steeden on its way.

With the Warriors faithfull holding its collective breath on the side line the ball kept going and going to drop over the crossbar and win the game for Dungog.

It was a kick that will live long in the memory of those lucky enough to witness it on the day and it was a very happy bunch of players who swamped Bell after the bell.

The Warriors knew they were in for a tough physical encounter with Lambton coming of a big win against Paterson the week before as well as outweighing the Warriors right across the park.

Refusing to be intimidated and hunting as a pack the Dungog defence rattled the bigger Lambton forwards forcing mistakes with its commitment in defence.

The visitors were the first to score when Hayden Mitchell took of from dummy half on a 60-metre run that saw him beat several defenders before crossing for a great individual try.

A couple of errors from the Warriors gave the Kingfishers  a chance and they hit the lead 6-4 when they dived over from dummy half for a converted try.

Dungog looked dangerous whnever the ball got out to the backline and Chris Evans had the Warriors back in the lead when he ran onto a great pass from Jake Clifton to cross for a converted try.

 Lambton found themselves a man down when its front rower was sent from the field five minutes from the break for a head high tackle on Mitch Wratten.

The Warriors extended its lead soon after when Evans went over for his second try after plucking a crossfield bomb from the arms of the Lambton players.

Lee Nevin in his 100th game for Dungog added the extras for Dungog to go to the break leading 16-6.

The second stanza got away to a dream start for the Warriors with hooker Scott Robson fooling the defence to score a converted try for a 22-6 lead two minutes after the restart.

Dungog continued to throw the ball around with Jackson Bell and Aaron Cottam combining well and going close to scoring on a couple of occasions.

The Warriors then had period mid-way through the half where a few errors crept into its game.

Combine this with a glut of penalties to the home side and a mountain of possesion and next thing you know two converted tries had been scored and Dungog had a four-point lead with 15 to go.

The bigger Lambton forwards were starting to get on a roll and even though the Dungog defence was still solid weight of possession was with the Kingfishers and they drew level with Dungog at the 74minute mark when they scored in the corner.

 Luckily for Dungog the convesion attempt was wide but it certainly set up a nailbiting final few minutes. Dungog had good field position in the dying stages but could not cross for the winning try or set up for a shot at  field goal.

Finally on the last play of the game the ball was hoisted high in the air by Lambton and the rest as they say is history.

Penalty to the Warriors on half way and Jackson Bell etches his name in Warrior folklore with a magnificent goal.

Although letting Lambton back in the game in the second half it was still a fantastic win by the Warriors.

Dungog probably blew sevaral scoring chances and once the new players get a few more games behind them these chances will turn into tries.

Dungog had a host of good players but none better in the forwards than the front row of Marc Driver, Scott Robson and Wes Neilson.

Neilson and Driver are providing plenty of go forward allowing the backs to get plenty of ball in good positions.

Luke Mellon at lock got through a power of work in both attack and defence as he does every week.

The entire backline on the weekend stood tall .

With Jake Clifton and Hayden Mitchell in the halves the out side backs, Trent McCarthy, Jackson Bell, Aaron Cottam and Chris Evans received quality ball and their combinations will only improve in the coming weeks.

Fullback Lee Nevin in his 100th game was as usual safe and reliable at the back.

Several times in the second half his kick returns helped take a lot of pressure of the Warriors and his last line of defence is always first class.

Congratulations Leeroy from the club and supporters on reaching 100 games.

RSL best forward Marc Driver, RSL best back Hayden Mitchell, players’ player Lee Nevin, Ray’s reserve Mitch Wratten.

At 2.30pm on Sunday  at Bennett Park Dungog take on another one of the front runners for this years premiership in Raymond Terrace in what should be a top game of footy.

After that the Warriors have a week off due to Easter before taking on Newcastle Uni at University Oval at 2pm on Sunday, April 27.