As the TCL returns from the long weekend's bye, Legana, Longford and Evandale Panthers will be pleased just to get on the park for their first match-up.
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Following washouts in round one, the Durhams' bye and an abandoned match in round two and last week's long weekend, the trio haven't stepped onto the field yet - with Legana coach Michael Quill saying his boys are eager.
"They are jumping out of their skin, they are keen as mustard as it has been a long pre-season," he said
"We've put in the hard yards throughout the pre-season, so we are looking forward to getting out there and having a good hit."
His side face Perth, who got their season underway with a strong win against Bracknell, impressing coach Matt Devlin with their partnership batting.
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"Their side, from what we can gather, is quite similar to last year and they had a really good year [in A grade] last year, so it's a bit of an unknown and we will just go in and play our best cricket and try to come out on top," Devlin said.
The Demons lose Ethan Goldfinch for Saturday's clash but Matthew Scott, Trent Griggs, Zac Barwick and Andrew and Matt Rigby are all available.
LONGFORD is not wary of the threat that George Town provides as the Tigers celebrate Dion Blair's 450th game.
Coach Josh Adams said the milestone game will be a motivator as they step onto the park for the first time.
"Every game is a danger game early on and George Town have always been a very competitive club, so we need to play good cricket to beat them, that's for sure," he said.
His side remains unchanged with the Saints forced to make two changes in Andy Rudling and Zac Cooke.
After dropping their first TCL game to Trevallyn, George Town coach Jack Hill admitted Longford will be quite the challenge having admired their progress from afar.
"We are looking forward to heading out there, they obviously play their ground very well from what I've seen and heard over the past few seasons," he said.
EVANDALE PANTHERS coach Andrew Wright echoed the comments of Quill and Adams as he and the premier league's newest outfit look to get on the park against ACL.
"We have a mixture of nerves and excitement, we are pretty excited to see how we go in premier league after being promoted up," he said.
"They played premier league last year and we haven't so we just need our players to play their role."
Rickie Wells comes into the team as ACL coach Shaun Woods returns to his lineup, pleased with the side's round two effort in his absence.
Umpiring both Evandale and Bishopsbourne last year, Woods had a front-row seat to their development.
"Watching them from an umpiring point of view, they are going to be quite a strong team," he said.
"I think we are going to be evenly matched, so I'm hoping that it's going to be a good game and a close game."
While ACL welcome back their coach, TREVALLYN say farewell to theirs with James Whiteley unavailable for the clash against Bracknell, who will remain unchanged.
Vice-captain Daniel Kirk will steer the ship in his absence, while former Riverside opener Dan Forster steps up to the plate.
"They are a pretty proud club Bracknell ... we haven't played them in a couple of years with them coming up into premier league so it will be good," Whiteley said.
Bracknell will be eager to cause an upset without the opposing skipper on board, with coach Dylan Semmens naming Whiteley as his side's biggest threat due to his vast cricketing experience.
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