Junee claimed a 57-48 overall victory at home.

Martin Cousley’s quartet got off to a poor start, dropping four shots on the first end.

They reduced the deficit to two shots, trailing 6-4 after seven ends, but Barry Belt's combination from Rules went on a 9 - 1 run to lead 15-5 with eight ends to play.

Needing to put some ends together, Junee did just that, winning the next six ends and reducing the margin to one shot, trailing 14-15 with two ends to play.

But that's where the scoring ended for the local side, with Rules winning the next two ends and the match 19-14.

Sean Smith’s quartet then got off to a good start, with a 7-5 lead after seven ends.

With both teams trading ends and Junee leading 11-8, Smith's quartet established the break they were searching, for scoring a 4 then a 3 on consecutive ends and were leading 19-8 with five ends to play.

The Rules Club fought back to reduce the deficit to four shots with one end to play, but Junee held on to win 20-15.

Junee struggled out of the gates in the final match of the round, dropping six shots on the second end.

But they rallied to lead 9-7 after seven ends.

They extended the lead to six shots by the 14th end and controlled the match to win 23 - 14.