While Hay had the hometown advantage, they were shown to be simply outclassed, and left the field bruised, battered and thoroughly demoralised.

Blacks coach Ashley Gunn said Hay never really threatened his team.

“They’re battlers but they struggled against us,” Gunn said.

“We just controlled the field position and the ball.”

Gunn listed Josh Lyons, inside-centre Andrew Fifita and winger Nui George as stand-out players.

“Fifita just took the game by the scruff of the neck,” he said.

“Nui George got a few tries and kicked a couple of goals, so he did really well.”

But while the backs crossed the line plenty of times, Gunn said the team’s eleven tries were fairly evenly spread amongst the team.

“We had a couple of front rowers that scored tries, which was encouraging for them,” he said.

Though not meaning to pour salt onto Hay’s wounds, Gunn mentioned that his team was missing a number of its regular players.

“We had about six blokes out from the previous match, but some young blokes came in and played really well,” he said.

“We had some forwards out that made our line-outs and scrums a bit difficult.”

But while he expects Griffith to win against Leeton next week, Gunn is not letting an undefeated run go to his head.

“We didn’t play the perfect game of footy yesterday, not by a long way,” he said.

“Our line-out needs some work, and we’ll be working at developing options at the back of the ruck.”

While not dismissing next week’s game against Leeton, Gunn is looking ahead to the upcoming game against the Waratahs.

“The draw’s been kind to us in these first few weeks of the competition,” he said.

“The Waratahs will be a challenge, so I hope our injured boys are back in time for it.”

Despite the approaching winter, Gunn is hoping that upcoming games aren’t as cold or wet as Saturday’s freezing Hay conditions.