On Friday night in the regular season, the Hornets put behind them their recent troubles by seeing off the Dragons 20:0. The hosts had lost their previous outing 17:30 to the Jaguars, so they needed points on the board. This time they got them, and clean ones at that.
The scoreboard tells the story without much fuss. Twenty points to nil. The Dragons never really found a rhythm, and the Hornets were content to control the pace rather than chase glory. Things came to a head in the second half when the visitors finally had to open up, and that's when the gap widened.
There are no detailed statistics available for this one, so you can't measure efficiency with numbers. What you can see is that the Hornet defense camped in the final third at times, making sure the Dragons never got comfortable. A shutout like this doesn't happen by accident.
The result means the Hornets have turned a corner, at least for one week. They go from a loss to a win, and the momentum shifts. Next time out they'll want to prove it wasn't a one-off, but for now they can rest easy knowing they didn't let the wheels come off again.