North Launceston will show the strength of its hand by fielding one of its strongest teams so far in Saturday night's trip to Glenorchy.
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Dakota Bannister's return from suspension and Arion Richter-Salter's first game in a month come as the Northern Bombers prepare to enjoy the first week of finals off after finishing top.
Only Devils Jackson Callow and Rhyan Mansell are missing from the Bombers' strongest outfit and coach Taylor Whitford says his side isn't mucking around.
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"We're investing ourselves in this game of footy," Whitford said.
"We're playing everyone that's available and we want to play well.
"We haven't got the luxury of resting guys and that sort of thing because we do have the bye the week after, it allows us to go out and play our best side and the best style of footy we can."
In the midst of a season marred by injuries, the Magpies have proven one of the competition's form teams in the past month, winning their past four including an eight-goal win over Lauderdale last round.
The Northern Bombers have also won four straight but will likely have to be at their best to make it five.
"KGV is a very tough ground to play at, Glenorchy play that ground super well," Whitford said.
"I've only won a couple of times there in my career, and to play Saturday night as well is a different challenge so it allows us to focus on us a little bit more instead of factoring in resting players or changing things up."
The Magpies have gone in unchanged.
TEAMS
NORTH LAUNCESTON
B: J. Avent, C. Young, A. Richter-Salter
HB: F. Bennett, B. van Buuren, J. Foon
C: L. Davies, B. Cox-Goodyer, B. Simpson
HF: S. Egger, D. Bannister, K. Wadley
F: T. Donnelly, B. McCulloch, W. Edmunds
R: A. Lee, J. Ponting, T. Whitford
Int: J. Curran, J. Rushton, J. Tepper, X. Todman
Emg: L. Cocker, B. Elmer, K. Hibbs, R. Whitney
In: A. Richter-Salter, D. Bannister
Out: J. Callow, O. Sanders
GLENORCHY
B: J. Arnold, S. Hall, Z. Webster
HB: R. Banks-Smith, C. Goodsell, A. Brennan
C: R. Mott, J. Geard, J. Whitford
HF: C. Daly, S. Reeves, C. French
F: A. Roberts, A. Grace, L. Smith
R: C. Duffy, J. Bowden, J. Webb
Int: W. Atkin, B. Bester, N. Blowfield , B. Patterson
Emg: J. Deegan, R. Dilger, B. Rowbottom, S. Rundle
Hamish Geale
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
