The tables have turned following Round Five of the National Rugby Championship with Queensland Country, Canberra Vikings, Perth Spirit and Fiji Drua now all sitting at the top of the ladder.  
 
Canberra made a massive comeback on Friday night at Viking Park after thrashing Fiji Drua 65-5 which was without a doubt their best performance of the season. The home-side took a well-deserved 21-5 lead into the halftime break but the highlight came when man-of-the-match Tom Cusack scored his hat-trick in the final minutes.
 
On Saturday Queensland Country scored more than a half-century for the second week in a row, this time thumping Melbourne Rising 54-12 at Bond University. The eight tries and bonus point win means Country overtake Canberra on the NRC ladder. 
 
On Sunday the ladder became even closer, following Perth Spirit’s comprehensive 62-28 win over Brisbane City at the University of WA.  The ten-tries-to-four bonus point win means Perth jump back up to third spot.
 
This afternoon locals in sunny Goulburn were treated to some enterprising raids from the Sydney Rays in the dying stages but it was the NSW Country Eagles who held solid and came away with their second victory of the season winning 26-17.