Fylde left Priory Park with maximum points after running roughshod over the Blues.
The visitors ran out 47-0 winners, capitalising on every mistake that Macclesfield made.
Fylde got off to a flyer and scored a try on four minutes, which set the tone for the match, with a free-flowing backs move, which saw Jordan Dorrington score in the corner.
Dorrington scored the second try of his three on 16 minutes.
A sublime cross-kick from fly-half Johnson was taken expertly by Dorrington as the ball sailed over the top of Macc winger Elliot Brierley.
On 21 minutes, Fylde made it 21-0 through Gareth Rawlings. Fylde were looking very dangerous in attack, and were clinical when in the Blues’ 22 to capitalise on any mistake made by the defence.
With only a few minutes until half-time, Fylde centre Chris Briers extended the lead, a superb run stepping in and out of the tackles and in under the posts, to make it 28-0 at half-time.
It was much more of the same after the break.
Continuing their attractive style with the ethos of ‘having a go’ from anywhere, taking quick-tap penalties inside their own half which led to a flowing backs move built from a Blues mistake which was finished off in the corner by hat-trick man Dorrington.
The Blues nearly responded immediately, but a penalty against them and a yellow card for inside centre Matt O’Regan saw Brennand scorch up to the other end to add to the scoreboard from another quickly-taken penalty. Johnson converted, as he did with all but one of his kicks.
The final try was scored on 62 minutes and after this the game petered out, a disappointing afternoon for Macclesfield but a very impressive display from early league leaders Fylde.
They nearly added another try to finish Macclesfield off but Brierley made a last-ditch stop.
Head coach Giles Heagerty reflected on their hammering, admitting that his men gifted their guests far too many scoring chances.
“That was a masterclass on how to capitalise on a team’s errors,” said Heagerty after their second loss of the league season. “Fylde were ruthless but at the same time we’ve gifted them half of those points, if not more.
“I don’t want to take anything away from them because they’re very good at keeping the ball, so when you gift them possession like we did, they’re not going to give it back. I would think they will be a top-four side this year, without doubt.”
Heagerty refused to use injuries as an excuse for the poor form but admittedly the growing sick list is not helping the Macclesfield case for their first season back in National One.
The Blues have lost men in key positions, and started the season without starting props Billy Robinson and Tom Mantell, and lock pair Dean Williams and Chris Jones.
“We just have to get better. But you can’t legislate for some of the injuries that we’ve had,” added the coach. “I’m not using it as an excuse but it doesn’t help when trying to give continuity to what you’re trying to achieve.
“We constantly have to change things with bodies dropping left, right and centre and these bodies have been in rather key positions.”
Heagerty and the Blues travel south to Esher in search for their first points of the season on Saturday and he added: “There is no point in sulking, we have to suck it up. This week has to be put down as an aberration. This will not become a habit.”
Macclesfield hit the road on Saturday, looking to get their first points of the season at Esher.
