three early goals by the Sugar Boyz, two of which came from Derol Redhead (4th and 12th), sandwiched by a Michael Baptichon penalty (11th) for the Rebels and one from Mohammed Kachour, gave the second Placed Sugar Boyz a 3-1 advantage going into the half time break.
Their ascendancy to serious rivals of the Islanders was assured with further second half goals from Terrence Nanton (79) and Akeem Hendrikson (84), to round out an emphatic 5-1 victory.
Both teams were down to ten men by the final whistle following the dismissals of Carlos Septus and Blondene Baptiste, but it is the Rebels who went away with much thinking to do on how to recover their title aspirations, following heavy action on the pre season transfer market