The pre-game ritual lasted three years before the costly exercise was pulled after the club gave away 50 caps.

Feeling more reassured off its back-to-back wins, Kedey confirmed ACL is set to front Saturday's crucial encounter against Hadspen unchanged for the first time in his fourth season at the helm.

"It's a good early test for us. We had a good test in the first round against Longford and failed miserably," he said.

"Looking back, it was a part of our preseason because we had a really poor preseason.

"We've got some confidence from two pretty good wins and playing the best side in the competition at the moment is what we look forward to and what we want."

The battle between current second and third-placed sides happened to be the last thing on the mind of Hadspen coach Liam Reynolds.

The Chieftains were left unsatisfied from the loss that got away against Longford.

"Early in the year, we're trying to build some momentum fourth game in," he said.

"We just want to get some consistency across the board and play 80 overs of cricket instead of probably 30."

ELSEWHERE IN SPORT

Beaconsfield captain Sean Barry said the clash against Perth on Saturday was vital towards "trying to keep pace" with other finals contenders.

The Swans walked away with their finest bowling and fielding effort last week in a first Premier League win.

"They was a good positive and we want to keep that going again this week, but we still have a little work to do now with the bat," Barry said.

"Hopefully we can get a few more runs out of our top three or four and we won't be left so much to do through the middle so we can put a good score on the board."

The batting will be further strengthened with the key inclusions of Chris Walker and Troy McDonald to the order.

Perth will regain Matthew and Andrew Rigby to bolster its weary bowling stocks.

Captain John Hayes will be searching for improvement amid a winless start to stay in touch with the top four.

"We'd like to put our best foot forward every weekend, but we recognise they're a quality opposition," he said.

"That beat us by 10 wickets in the Twenty20, so we have to capitalise and start well if we're going to be a chance."

Jackson Blair is another captain that is mouthing the word improvement in spite of Longford already sitting a game ahead at the top of the Premier League ladder.

The Tigers face Trevallyn stuck lying at the other end.

It comes after Longford pulled off an unlikely victory, as 15-year-old Alex Jordan stood tall in the unbroken 16-run, last-wicket stand.

"There is a fair bit of improvement to scratch around and get the runs nine down," Blair said. "It's not something we're really happy with, but we recognise that we have a long way to go with the bat."

Trevallyn will recall John McCoy for his first Premier League game this season.

The underachieving start has been attributing to Trevallyn's former turf players adjusting to the hard wickets.

"It's a completely different game to what a lot of us are used to," captain James Whitley said. "It takes a bit of time to get used to it, but the more games you play, the better you get in the TCL."