The Robertson Gladiators showed that they were the best pack in the competition by wearing down Mt Annan in a thrilling 26-10 win on Saturday at Robo Showground.

The Spuddies have dragged themselves out of their slump by notching up their second consecutive win in trying condition.

The wet weather did not deter the Robertson outfit who charged through Mt Annan's sloppy defence.

But it was youngster Doug Tilley that stole the show scoring his first ever try in grade football.

A happy coach Andrew Murdoch said his side was back on track.

"It's lifted the spirits of the players," he said.

"Now that we are back to our good form we just need to get back up the ladder on points.'

"Finally our positional play is where I want it to be."

Murdoch said it was a scrappy first half until his players realised short passes and playing tight would win them the game in wet weather.

"The win came down to the team who could best hold onto the ball," he said.

"We took them too easy last time and they beat us.

"This time our intensity was there and the players realised they can't just rock up and expect to win."

He said Grant Pointing, Scott Bone, Jamie Hanrahan, Brad Whatman and Mick McCabe were outstanding.

"They went right up the middle and defended well," he said.

A disappointed Mt Anna coach Nigel Drury said there were no excuses for his side's poor performance.

"We just didn't come out to play in the second half," he said.

"We had a few players out and some sustained injuries during the game so we ran out of bench.

"We will meet Robertson again and I'm sure we'll turn things around."

Robertson 26 (Adam Ringholt, Jamie Hanrahan, Grant Pointing, Andrew Murdoch, Doug Tilley; Jamie Hanrahan 2 conv) d Mt Annan 10 (Shane Locke)

What the player thought:

"We played discipline football." Scott Bone.

"It was cold but we won and that's the main thing. There were a few dropped balls but we got the two points." Gerard Elliott.