However, Dan Roden's team will be taking nothing for granted in Saturday's round 14 clash at the Silverdome as they come off a bye and a first loss of the season at their nearest challengers, Arrows.

"After a tough loss, we will be looking to build on changes to our variety in the attacking end in order to continue being unpredictable and valuing our centre passes," he said.

"We had a number of chances in our goalie end against Arrows but, unfortunately, we were unable to capitalise on a number of opportunities and allowed them to turn the ball over."

Roden saw the bye as an opportunity to rejuvenate and recover ready for a busy three-week block.

He said his team will focus on varying and valuing the ball in their attacking end although he believed the game's pivotal match-up would be the returning Dannie Carstens attempting to nullify Cyndra Williams.

An ANL bye will see the Cavs regain the services of Shelby Miller while 19s Hayley Older, Piper Saunders and Courtney Treloar also come into contention with Rachel Tempo and Lucy Dennis unavailable.

Northern Hawks have the bye this weekend meaning the trio of pacemakers in what is fast becoming a three-horse race will all have had a rest this month.

Hawks defeated Devon 84-52 last weekend in a match where co-coach Kellie Woolnough was able to give several regular 19s players some valuable senior game time.

That victory, combined with Arrows' low-scoring 44-34 defeat of Cripps Waratah, cemented a 10-point gap between the top three and bottom four.

Both Northern teams will be heading to the Hobart Netball Centre next weekend when Cavaliers play Cripps as Karana simultaneously host the Hawks.

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