A clinical Townsville Blackhawks beat Northern Pride 20-4 in slippery conditions at Barlow Park in Cairns tonight. The Blackhawks, coached by Aaron Payne, held Pride scoreless in the first half, despite Pride's Gideon Gela-Mosby looking very dangerous just before the half-time siren sounded. Blackhawks' Thomas Gilbert was first to score, 17 minutes in, and Levi Dodd converted; Michael Carroll scored Blackhawks' second try to bring the half time score to 10-0. Pride's Connor Jones said "it was pretty tough conditions - nice and wet", adding his team needed to complete more sets to be successful. Blackhawks, who beat Ipswich Jets in Round 1 and lost to Tweed Seagulls in Round 2, never really looked in trouble, with centre Levi Dodd proving very strong in defence and attack throughout the game.

Match: Pride v Blackhawks Round 3 - F ull T ime Home Team Pride Scored 4 points Away Team Blackhawks Scored 20 points Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Payne said "it was very trying conditions for both teams" with players battling constant rain. "We just played to the conditions a little bit better," Payne said, adding his team had worked on their previously poor completion rates, and it paid off tonight. "There were some really good performances across the board." Payne said he was quite impressed with Thomas Gilbert and Corey Jensen, who "got through a mountain of work", and Kyle Laybutt. Pride's Chey Bird said "full credit to Townsville - they certainly turned up ready to play". "Unfortunately a few too many errors from our guys," Bird said. Blackhawks will face Bears in Townsville in Round 4. "We're looking forward to getting home and playing at home," Payne said. He said his team needed "consistency with our high standards" to keep finishing on top week to week.

Match: Blackhawks v Bears Round 4 - F ull T ime Home Team Blackhawks Scored 16 points Away Team Bears Scored 10 points Venue: Jack Manski Oval, Townsville

Match: Jets v Pride Round 4 - F ull T ime Home Team Jets Scored 28 points Away Team Pride Scored 16 points Venue: North Ipswich Reserve, Brisbane

The Blackhawks' Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup side dominated Pride 58-6, scoring 10 tries to the Pride's one; Dylan White scored the first try of the game and converted nine of 10 tries. View this post on Instagram Good first win for the mighty @tsvblackhawks U18s .. 🤙 and a big shout out to all the boys make sure you get following them. 👍 A post shared by Mattybow1 (@mattybow1) on Mar 23, 2019 at 1:40am PDT Pride assistant coach Cameron Penny said "one could say we actually got a lesson in rugby league today" . "What do you do? They were just too big, too strong through the middle," Penny said.

Match: Pride v Blackhawks Round 3 - F ull T ime Home Team Pride Scored 6 points Away Team Blackhawks Scored 58 points Venue: Barlow Park

The Hastings Deering Colts game was much closer, with Pride beating Blackhawks 14-12; Steven Stafford crossed the white line twice for Pride. Pride's co-captain Joshtel Charlie said he was proud of his team's "really good effort".