Playing for the Williams Cup in honour of dual-club brothers John and Phillip, Deloraine coach Lochy Dornauf is eager to keep up his side's form against a top side.

"They play a brilliant brand of football, we've seen from some of their big wins and talking to some of the other coaches, they've got a really good game plan," he said.

"They focus predominantly on some really efficient ball users and obviously [Luke] Murfitt-Cowen up forward, he's kicked 47 per cent of their goals for the year, which can be a positive or a negative, so hopefully it's positive for us."

Darren Banham misses for the Kangaroos but Tyson Gardam slides into his role while Longford's Beau Thorp is hoping for another strong start.

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"They've got some really talented players, obviously winning the Shield last season was a great achievement," he said.

"We are setting ourselves for a big game and it should be a solid contest at home."

Scottsdale gets the opportunity to create a top-five buffer as the Magpies travel to Bracknell.

A win would see the Magpies four points clear of bye side Bridgenorth, with assistant Lochie Young happy with the side's lead-up despite last week's loss.

"We probably needed a game like that just to show the standard and where we need to get to," he said.

"There's not too many easy games in the NTFA this year and we obviously see Bracknell as being a tough game."

The respect is mutual, with Bracknell coach Corry Goodluck praising Scottsdale's resilience

"I really rate Scottsdale really highly, they are a team that never gives up until the siren is gone so you can't give them an inch otherwise they'll just keep knocking on the door," he said.

Goodluck's side has blooded some youth in the past few weeks, something he called a promising sign.

Some old North Launceston teammates will go head-to-head on Saturday as Rocherlea hosts Hillwood.

Sharks leader Jake Pearce has fielded at least 16 debutants this season, with the young group showing grit in tough situations.

"We're not getting many playing two or three games in a row, we are having blokes coming in, coming out all the time, so to try and find some structure is probably our biggest thing," he said.

"They've got some quality players, Josh [Ponting] who is obviously the best player in the competition - he leads by example so he will be hard to stop."

His side will be buoyed by six inclusions this week, including Zac Oldenhof, while Rocherlea welcomes back captain Luke Richards and vice-captain Jordan Cousens.

Focusing on shoring up structures during the bye, coach Andrew Cox-Goodyer respects Hillwood's efforts.

LAST WEEK'S NTFA

"Their record probably doesn't show how they've been travelling, they've been going alright for a young crew," he said.

"Jake Pearce would have them running alright and there's a bit of experience there with [Josh] Moore and [Andrew] Whitmore."

Luke Crane and Luke Henry will boost George Town's line-up as the Saints host South Launceston.

After competing for three quarters last week, coach Adam Zanevra is hoping the reinforcements will help create a four-quarter effort.

"We've had a couple of young guys that have doubled up but we are getting a couple of numbers back so hopefully we don't have to do that," he said.

South Launceston coach Anthony Taylor will give some of his experienced bodies the week off while skipper Luke Mccarty returns.

"They're a young side with a couple of experienced boys in amongst them to help them out, so they are doing it pretty hard this year," he said.

"But we've got to go down there with the right attitude, every opportunity you get to play, you need to take that opportunity to improve."