Launceston's run of consecutive TSLW Southern road trips finally comes to an end come Sunday afternoon as they face Tigers at Kingston's Twin Ovals much to the joy of coach Angela Dickson.
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"The girls are pretty excited to get their last trip over and done with and spend some time up North with some good football still to be played," she said.
Premiers in 2017, the Blues' season has been un-paralleled to previous experiences with the ladder leaders boasting a dominant ladder percentage of almost 600 per cent, but Dickson is wary of their opponent's form.
"Tigers have obviously had some good, strong performances over the past couple of weeks so we are looking at our physicality around the contests and being able to utilise our assets - speed and skill - during our time with the ball."
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The Blues welcome back Brie Rattray, Nicky Ristrom and Amy Halaby, who will return for only her second game this season after guiding Scotch Oakburn to victory in the SATIS competition.
While Launceston fight it out in Kingston, North Launceston's fate will have already been decided, with the Northern Bombers hosting Glenorchy following the men's State League clash on Saturday.
Coming off the back of a hard-fought 11-point win over Clarence, the Bombers are heading into their clash on a high according to captain Jodie Clifford.
"We are taking in confidence from last week's performance. We had a good training session earlier in the week and we feel as though we can match it with them across the board," she said.
Falling to the Magpies in a heavy 12.12 (84) to 2.4 (16) loss back in round five, Clifford knows their are some improvements to be made but feels as though her girls are more experienced than back then.
"We are looking to play four quarters of football. We started slow in the first half last time and it was our first away game so we want to play accountable football and hopefully we can out-run them with our youth."
Pocket rocket Lucy Sulzberger returns for her first game in six weeks to add some marking depth around the ground with Tasmania Devils under-18 representative Ella Maurer to do her thing in the midfield while Kara Hennessy also joins the team once again.
The Southern clash between Lauderdale and Clarence is full of changes for both sides with the Bombers featuring eight different personnel to their last match and the Kangaroos welcoming four new players.
Clarence, who sit at four wins and losses, picked up a 95-point win over Lauderdale in round five.
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