However, they will be tested in round four at Welby Field against a Wests team smarting from their loss to Albion Park.

In the other match at Welby, Robertson tackle a University team that has played little hockey due to a round-one bye, an abandoned game because of lightning in round two and their round-three match being deferred due to representative hockey.

Albion Park should be too strong for Dapto in their clash at Illawarra Credit Union Field. In the other first grade fixture, improving Mittagong drew with Fairy Meadow 1-1.

Nathan Nikolich scored for Fairy Meadow and Matt Stokes for Mittagong.

In a fast, free-flowing feature game last Sunday, Albion Park pipped Wests 4-3.

Wests began briskly and had a couple of chances to score in the first five minutes but it was a pinpoint 50m pass from Stephen Mayo to Brad Martin that caught Wests’ napping for the first goal.

Albion Park soon had a second goal through a penalty converted by Jason Kast.

Wests responded with some fine attack and were awarded a penalty corner, converted by captain Elliot Ashby.

Albion Park maintained a 2-1 advantage until half-time before a second goal to Martin took the score to 3-1.

Wests replied through a wonderful individual effort from Ryan Nicholls, bringing the score to 3-2.

Albion Park then had a brace of penalty corners but stout keeping from Matt Perry denied another goal.

Wests then had a period of attack but several field goal attempts were either saved by Nathan Ackroyd in goals or went wide of the mark.

Bede Gillard, a handful for Wests defenders, converted from a penalty corner to take Albion Park to a 4-2 lead 10 minutes out.

James Van Der Schyff led several Wests raids down the left side and his perfect cross found Ashby for his second.

The score stayed 4-3 due to some excellent Park defence.