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As if inspired by the club’s NRL Magic Round heroics and second straight Harold Matthews Cup premiership, the One New Zealand Warriors celebrated at a cricketing institution by knocking up a tidy half century in their round nine New South Wales Cup encounter today.

It wouldn’t have been a pleasurable experience for the North Sydney Bears as the Warriors imperiously hit them to all parts of the North Sydney Oval by scoring 10 tries in a sumptuous 56-14 victory.

The Warriors’ biggest win of the season returned them to the top of the top of the ladder after Parramatta had briefly held the honour.

The points feast that would unfold had a false start with the Bears opening the scoring through prop Ben Talty before the Warriors found their range.

Once again playmaker Te Maire Martin was in the middle of almost everything, taking on the line and off loading for centre Moala Graham-Taufa to get the Warriors on the board.

The same combination was at it again as the centre had his second off a Martin off load before the third try saw interchange forward Jason Salalilo steam up the middle off dummy half Makaia Tafua to score between the posts.

Closing in on halftime it was Martin yet again who was the central figure, penetrating 50 metres out on the left and sending left winger Setu Tu over to hand the Warriors a 24-8 halftime lead.

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NSW Cup Highlights: Running rampant against Bears

The second half was just under way when prop Toby Crosby shrugged defenders for try five, sparking a spree which would see the Warriors score 32 points.

Crosby also provided the impetus for the side’s sixth, carrying defenders within centimetres of the line. He played the ball quickly, Tafua serving it up for Freddy Lussick who drove low from close range to score.

Now it was 34-8 and soon more points came through a delightful shift left, the sweetest of passes from Martin freeing Tu for his second. With more than 20 minutes to go, the Warriors had already hit 40.

Martin was the provider once more for the next, his grubber ricocheting off legs for Graham-Taufa to collect for his hat-trick, all three of his tries off Martin.

Second rower Kayliss Fatiaofa had the ninth try, taking a pass from Tanah Boyd and running through some threadbare defence to score, Boyd’s conversion bringing up the half century.

After the Bears scored their second try, the Warriors capped the day from long range, right centre Morgan Harper bending the line, getting an off load to Boyd inside who fed Luke Hanson in support for a 35 metre dash to the line for the 10th and last try. Boyd provided his eighth conversion of the day.

The Warriors sit on 16 points, one ahead of Parramatta, boasting the most points scored (275) and the fewest conceded (140).  

They play the sixth-placed Canberra in Wollongong next Saturday.