As the teams finish the first cycle of matches, the competition's top six square off.
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In the blockbuster clash, ladder-leader Longford travels to South Launceston's Youngtown in what could be one of the year's best.
Beau Thorp's Longford comes in full of confidence after defeating Deloraine, with the coach predicting a tough midfield battle.
"South are probably the team to beat in my eyes ... they've got some very handy talls [but] I believe we've got the backs to match it.
"I reckon the game will be won and lost in the midfield battle, so our mids will be expected to bring the high-pressure game that they're known for."
South Launceston coach Anthony Taylor credited George Town for pushing his side early last week, but Taylor's eyes are now firmly focused on Longford.
"We are very interested to see where we are at," he said.
ELSEWHERE IN SPORT
"They are a different sort of outfit, as most of the top five are quite different and unique in their own way with their structure and the way they play - they are going to pose a massive challenge."
The next game sees fourth-placed Bracknell host Deloraine, who sit in second.
The Redlegs started like a house on fire last weekend but went away from their structures, something coach Corry Goodluck knows they can't do this weekend.
"It's really important this week against Deloraine, such a good team, that for us to win we have to stick to our structures and play four quarters," he said.
"We can't afford not to play four quarters this week otherwise we might come off second best."
Captain Jack Dyer misses, with his usual tagging target, Deloraine coach Lochy Dornauf, looking to get back on the winners' list despite being undermanned.
"They are obviously a club that are going pretty well without knocking teams out of the park too much, so it will be a good test for us.
"There's some new faces that we haven't seen before which is always exciting but we are just keen to play to our structures, which we haven't played a four-quarter game all year I believe."
Scottsdale and Rocherlea, the sides sitting in fifth and sixth spots look to create a buffer over the other.
Sitting on 12 points, the pair come into the clash following contrasting weeks, with Scottsdale trailing by 63 points at the main break.
"A win going into the bye would be nice," assistant coach Lochie Young said.
"We just want to learn off what we did last week and our start, [I'm] hoping the boys can be mentally switched on from the word go."
Rocherlea on the other hand had a convincing win over Hillwood, with coach Andrew Cox-Goodyer pleased with the structures.
"They've knocked off South [but] they are a bit of an unknown to us," he said
"We'll just look to go out there and play our style of footy, sticking to our structures and running patterns.
"That's been a bit of a theme over the pre-season and into the year, if we stick to what we know and what we do best, we are going to be pretty hard to stop."
Despite a lacklustre percentage, Bridgenorth can put pressure on Scottsdale and Rocherlea with a win over George Town.
The combatants suffered heavy losses to South Launceston in the past fortnight, taking different things from it, with George Town's Adam Zanevra happy with his side's first quarter.
"We are still looking to compete for longer [this week]," he said.
"We're good in quarters and patches, but it's just sustaining that for four quarters.
"If we can do that for four quarters, like we did against South in the first, I reckon we can be in the game."
Phil Lethborg's Bridgenorth was undermanned prior to the bye and took the week off to focus on playing their roles.
"They are an improving side, so we just want to be the best we can be and concentrate on what we are doing, but I'm looking forward to it and hopefully we can get a win," Lethborg said.