The Suns have played their best football of the year in the past six weeks and Storay refused to write the game off as an easy win for the Country Eagles. 

“I think this week’s a massive danger game for us - if you look at the scoreboard, their performances don’t match their ladder position,” he said.

“They got closer to St Pats than we got to them, they beat East Coast which we haven’t done yet so I’m expecting a close, physical game of football and credit to their coach, he’s done a good job with building their list.”

Suns boss David Manktelow will add defensive duo Rory Lawrence and Sam Archer to the side that pushed ladder-leader St Pats last weekend.

Manktelow said his side was probably out of finals contention but had definitely improved from last season. 

“We’re still mathematically a chance - we’ve got to win our next four and hope a few go our way,” he said.

“We probably have left the run a little bit late, but we had a hard start to the season that didn’t help us.”

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OLD SCOTCH desperately needs to upset Lilydale to remain in the finals race, and has persuaded South Launceston’s premiership defender Clinton Drake to join the cause.

Muller said he would wait until Thursday night training to decide whether Drake would play seniors or reserves, with Charlie Griffiths (broken ankle) among a host of stars on the injury list.

“(Drake) will be an asset for us and we’re really excited to have him down there,” Muller said.

“We need a win - we haven’t had one against the two top teams and Lilydale are the benchmark for mine so it gives us an opportunity to test ourselves again.”

OLD LAUNCESTONIANS need to upset unbeaten St Pats to ensure its one-game buffer remains intact.

Injuries to captain Luke Johnson (broken hand) and key defender Josh Roberts (ankle) won’t help the cause, but coach Paul Beechey urged his side to give its best.  

“Our season is on the line so we’ll be trying to do everything to finish their unbeaten run,” he said.

“We’ve got to improve in our stoppages and bring more intensity and pressure.”

The Saints will welcome back the rested Jake Laskey as coach Alex Russell looks to win a 13^th straight game on what he called “the best ground in the competition”.  

PERTH can press its claim for a top-five spot and a third-straight win with a trip to Uni-Mowbray.

Midfielder Zach Iles and forward Zane Brown have been in electric form for the Magpies. 

“We’ve set a goal of trying to win every game for the rest of the year and the finals will take care of themselves,” coach Josh Holton said.