Former Scottsdale player and coach Anthony Taylor returns to his old club as South Launceston's leader ahead of the duo's clash under lights.
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After an impressive senior debut from under-18s captain Harry Charlesworth in a comprehensive win over Hillwood, Taylor is looking forward to the Magpies challenge.
"It's just another early-season guide to see where we are at and if we can win away from home on another tough road trip, that's a good way of starting to set up the season for us," he said.
Scottsdale came back from the bye last week as a 10-15 minute lapse cost them against Deloraine.
Assistant coach Lochie Young said their focus on improved defensive efforts still paid off and is hoping for a similar output this week.
"The boys are up and about, we love playing on our home deck, the lights are good and we are looking forward to it," he said.
ELSEWHERE IN SPORT
A bumper crowd is predicted as Bracknell hosts Longford for the regional rivalry cup, with the inaugural Gerald Maher medal on offer for best player afield.
A premiership player for both sides, Maher passed away early last year, with Redlegs coach Corry Goodluck looking to pay tribute with some strong footy between the undefeated outfits.
"Obviously there's a massive rivalry between the two clubs, has been for a long time, so the tempo will be pretty hot, it will be really good footy and I don't think it will be a walkover," he said.
After last week's bye came at a really good time for the Tigers, Longford coach Beau Thorp is looking to get as many supporters to the ground as possible as his opponents celebrate retired Redlegs day.
"If you're a Longford supporter and you haven't been to watch the new-look Tigers yet, it's shaping to be a great game, so make sure you make sure you get out and support the Tigers and hopefully get us over the line," he said.
"Obviously they've done a fantastic job in drawing new players to the club, but we believe we have the personnel to match it with them."
Bridgenorth got rewarded for its continual improvement last week and will be hopeful of grabbing consecutive wins when facing Hillwood.
The 2019 grand final combatants feature younger lists this season - sitting sixth and eighth respectively.
"We just want to continue to improve, build and hopefully if we do the right thing, we will get a win," said coach Phil Lethborg.
The Parrots lose Trey Clark to a knee injury while Jake Pearce's Hillwood welcome Kieron Fullard, Kaleb Nielsen and potentially Josh Moore as their stocks get bolstered with some Northern Territory players.
Going down by 124 points last week, Pearce is hopeful of a stronger performance for the side's sponsors' day.
"Playing four quarters of footy is probably the biggest thing [for us]," he said.
The first two games we probably played two quarters and on the weekend we played probably one and a half, it's just not enough against most sides in this competition."
Another side will pick up its first win of the season as Rocherlea does battle with George Town.
The Tigers lost by a solitary point last week but welcome back gun forward Josh Holton, captain Luke Richards and ruckman Brady Scott.
"We've got to be better for longer," coach Andrew Cox-Goodyer said.
"We had more scoring shots [last week] so that's an area we've worked on this week, kicking in front of goal."
It was a similar message from George Town coach Adam Zanevra, who noted improvement in the Saints' game last week but the scoreboard "blew out late".
"We need to not have lapses for so long, we let Bracknell kick too many goals in a row without shutting that down," he said.
"So hopefully we don't let them get away from us too much if the opposition gets a run on."