The suburban variety sit in second spot and coach Lyndon Stubbs is weary of their namesake rivals.

“They’re coming off a couple of tight losses and are competitive every week, which means we’re going to have to be at our best,” Stubbs said.

“If it’s wet we will focus on not trying to overuse the ball but our structure and game plan won’t change.”

Luke Richards and Zane Brown return.

Longford coach Ben Chugg is disappointed his players gave away a four-goal lead at three-quarter time against Bracknell last week.

“We had a four-quarter effort but skill errors let us down at vital times,” Chugg said.

“It’s another tough game for us as we’ve had Bracknell, Rocherlea and then we’ve got South the following week – we are looking forward to it.”

Skipper Chris Gracconga and Ben Barker are in doubt.

SCOTTDALE coach Geoff Mohr said his side would need overturn their poor opening terms, starting against Bridgenorth who took down the two-time reigning premiers last week.

“It’s going to be a tough test for us as they have beat Rocherlea as well and they are two teams high on the ladder,” he said.

Parrots coach Patrick Mackrell said despite the victory there was still plenty to work on.

“Scottsdale is always a tough trip as it is a bigger ground and something we’ll need to adjust to,” he said.

“Our pressure has been good along with our defence but at times we have wasted scoring opportunities.”

SOUTH LAUNCESTON coach Leigh Harding is keen to for his unit to rebound against Hillwood following a rare defeat.

Harding will miss two months with a torn ligament in his right knee with Jordan Tepper and Clinton Drake joining him on the sidelines.

“Bridgenorth soundly beat us in all facets of the game… not too many things went right for us,” Harding said.

“It was certainly a wake up call as we haven’t been put in that position in the past 12 months, so it was something we perhaps needed.”

Sharks coach Max Pearce said the Bulldogs were a chance “to find out where we are at”, as they search for their maiden win.

He said more effort was required with several more youngsters to be blooded.

DELORAINE face George Town after a week off, while Saints coach Allan O’Sign said he was disappointed in his side let the Scottsdale match slip away.

“We are stringing together one or two good quarters but we need a four quarter effort… six of our next eight games are away so we need to win on the road,” he said.

Connor King will miss with Alex Spicer to play his first season game in 2016.