Northern Fury chalked up their first win of the 2014 NPL Queensland season on Sunday with a dominant 8-0 win over South-West Queensland Thunder at Townsville Sports Reserve.

Braedyn Crowley proved the stand-out in the rout netting four first half goals to rocket to the top of the NPL golden boot leaderboard.

Mathieu Peyre, Kevin Fraser and Jack Gusmeroli also joined in the scoring spree for the hosts in the second half.

Thunder found themselves on the back foot from the opening exchanges before Crowley opened his account on 14 minutes courtesy of a neat assist from Jani Puet.

Crowley doubled his tally in the 28^th minute, his enthusiastic celebration seeing him yellow-carded for removing his shirt.

Crowley wasn’t done yet though, and netted his third and fourth goals prior to the half time break.

The second half didn’t alter the flow of the match, a long strike from defender Caleb Hobson deflecting off Thunder captain Jace Watt into the bottom left corner for an own goal.

From there Frenchman Peyre added his name to scorers list along with Fraser and young substitute Jack Gusmeroli, who converted from the penalty spot.

There was late controversy as the captains of both sides clashed and were sent-off following an incident off the ball.

However, the day belonged to Crowley who produced a pro-active and comprehensive 90-minute shift up front.

The result lifts Fury to eighth on the ladder after three rounds, while Thunder fall to eleventh position with their second successive defeat.

Northern Fury 8 (Braedyn CROWLEY 15’ 27’ 38’ 41’, own goal 47’, Mathieu PEYRE 52’, Jack GUSMEROLI 65’(p), Kevin FRASER 78’)
SWQ Thunder 0