The NTFA Shield's two winless sides will get the chance to register four points as they face off in the penultimate round of action.
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UTAS hosts Meander Valley in the wooden-spoon decider but coach Brodie Tiernan isn't getting too excited by the intriguing contest.
"We are just going to treat it like every other one and do our preparation for it," he said.
"If we do everything we learn, it would obviously be nice to get a win but we'll just treat it like every other game and go out and give it the best that we've got."
Suns coach Damien Rhind showed a contrasting attitude to the clash with his side having implemented some key changes to their game.
"It's certainly nothing to be taken lightly, they'll be looking to get their first win on the board and we are looking to get our first win on the board, so I understand they'll come out pretty hard," he said.
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Coming off the back of a win under lights last week, DELORAINE'S Lochy Dornauf is wary of Old Scotch's recent performances.
"I said at the start of the year that I thought they'd be one of the teams to beat regardless of premier or division one status," he said.
"We know they've got a very strong midfield, that's something that we need to shut down and we are also wary of some of their forwards as well but Cade Triffitt should return this week, so we are super excited about that - adding to our structure and the way that we play."
Admitting there were some frustrating patches in last week's win, Thistles coach Brayley Coombes continues to look forward to the challenge.
"The nature of the season, we have some guys that are pretty sore and tired but we'll just keep forging on," he said.
"Based on our previous results, I've got confidence we'll give a good account for ourselves - whether that's good enough to win the game of footy, we'll wait and see come Saturday."
SCOTTSDALE host their second consecutive game under lights as they face Old Launcestonians and aim to right their wrongs.
Captain Joe Robinson admitted they struggled to score at key times and stressed the importance of the Blues clash, which they will enter without Brad Whish-Wilson.
"We sort of think it's a do-or-die clash if we want to play finals, so we really need to win this week," he said.
OLs coach Laine Cleaver is looking to claim his elusive premier league scalp as Alex Sciulli and Jarrod Frankcombe returns.
"We've been close to Deloraine, we've been close to Bracknell, we've gone close to Rocherlea without getting a win, hopefully our time might come this week," he said.
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"Everyone trains at night time and then we play during the day, so we will be playing in the conditions that we train in, so the night game should be fine."
Ladder-leaders ROCHERLEA head into their final match-up of the season against Bridgenorth a little bit battered and bruised.
Coming up to their eighth consecutive match, the Tigers won't be at full strength according to coach Andrew Cox-Goodyer.
"This week, we will probably rest a few blokes - we are starting to get a few bodies - so it may be a very inexperienced team we put on the park," he said.
"It's been a bit of a whirlwind year and we've been pretty much playing it by ear every week - we are looking forward to the bye."
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Gary Shipton's Parrots come into the clash off the back of a week off and are looking to confirm their finals spot.
"It was good to have the bye towards the end of this comp, so the boys are fresh and ready to go," he said.
"They've got some really good players that we will have to try and nullify down in their midfield and cut their supply to Coxy, Holts [Josh Holton] and the guys up forward."