But because of the Indigenous jersey they were wearing. And they did it proud. Running over the top of the Queanbeyan Blues 40-20 at Gungahlin on Saturday.

Bulls fullback Tristan Eldridge was outstanding, scoring two tries and laying off another for second-rower Jack Williams.

He was behind a Gungahlin pack that on the face of it might've looked undersized against the Blues big boppers, but they didn't take a backward step with lock Zachary Patch leading the way.

The home side shot out to a 14-6 lead in the first half before the Blues reeled them in with two tries to lead 16-14 at half-time.

But from there it was pretty much all Gungahlin - apart from a nice solo try from Queanbeyan centre Michael Asomua.

The Bulls pace out wide and from Eldridge at the back caused the visitors all sorts of trouble in the second half.

While impressed with the win, Gungahlin coach Neil Bijorac wasn't getting too carried away - expecting a much stronger Blues side later in the season when they get players like playing coach Terry Campese (knee) back from injury.

But he said it was an important win given what they were celebrating.

"We had Glen Brennan, he's an Aboriginal guy who played in the 2001 premiership team, he flew up from Melbourne to present the jumpers today so it was a nice touch," Bijorac said.

"It's massive [to get the win]. A lot of people have had family fly in or drive in from all around NSW so they wanted to put on a good show for their Indigenous culture today. And they definitely did that."

Campese said the Bulls owned them the whole day, even when they managed to get in front in the first half.

There was the odd exception, with Blues second-rower Atu Tupou running rampant at times down his right edge.

It was a heated affair with no love lost between either side.

Queanbeyan fullback Mathew Parsons was also lively, with the battle of the custodians a cracker.

"They were just too good for us in the end. They were young and enthusiastic and outplayed us and showed us you have to turn up each and every week," Campese said.

"Too much attacking flair. We spoke about it during the week and we just weren't up to it defensively."

Meanwhile, Belconnen United Sharks got their first win of the season, beating the Goulburn Bulldogs 22-16.

Yass were too strong for Woden Valley, winning 38-10, while West Belconnen edged the Queanbeyan Kangaroos 30-28.

AT A GLANCE

GUNGAHLIN BULLS 40 (T Eldridge 2, R O'Sullivan 2, L Thomson, D Bright, M Richards, J Williams tries; L Thomson 4 goals) bt QUEANBEYAN BLUES 20 (M Parsons, T Kimori-Edmond, B Murray, M Asomua tries; J Mitchell 2 goals)

YASS MAGPIES 38 (W Peace, N Limoni, J Fattore, S Davis, B Timmer, M Turner, K Danilczak tries; S Davis 5 goals) bt WODEN VALLEY RAMS 10 (S Maloney 2 tries; J McDonald 2 goals)

WEST BELCONNEN WARRIORS 30 (J Ayers 2, M Uasi, A McDonald, L Reis tries; B Graham 5 goals) bt QUEANBEYAN KANGAROOS 28 (K Pagura, M Sullivan, S Vuki, J Dent, A Ngahe tries; L Ingram 4 goals)

BELCONNEN UNITED SHARKS 22 (M Woolnough 2, J Pokoney, K Rahme, L Kaloutolu tries; K Rahme goal) bt GOULBURN BULLDOGS 16