After dropping to sixth position last week, Scottsdale assistant coach Lochie Young has labelled Saturday's Deloraine clash as a "must win".
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Coming off the back of the bye, where they loaded up with fitness sessions, the Magpies are aware of the match's importance.
"If we want to play finals, it's a must-win game for us so we are really looking forward to the challenge," Young said.
Lochy Dornauf's Deloraine come into the clash after a dominant second-half performance honoured a community legend in Terry Roles.
"Scottsdale at home is probably one of the toughest tests for the year - it's a really good yardstick to see where we are at," he said.
"They've got some great players, [Ethan] Petterwood and Joe Robinson, who we are quite wary of, so we go down cautiously but confidently."
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Deloraine got the better of the Pies in their last match-up, winning by 29 points.
As Rocherlea celebrates its 2011 premiership reunion, Andrew Cox-Goodyer's men host Bridgenorth.
The Tigers come into the match full of self belief after defeating South Launceston at Youngtown last week, but their leader is still wary of the Parrots.
"We lost to Bridgenorth when we played them in the first round of games, so we sort of owe them one and we are still looking to cement our spot in the top five," he said.
"It's a crucial game for us, if we back the foot off a little bit, they could sneak up on us."
Phil Lethborg's Parrots have been battling consistency issues in the past few weeks, with some slumps lasting entire quarters that have cost them games.
Bridgenorth will be hoping to rebuild its concentration over the coming rounds, starting with this game.
"They obviously had a good win against South so they will be up and about and they seem like they are coming good at the right time," Lethborg said.
Hillwood matched it with Deloraine early last week, instilling some belief in the group, but coach Jake Pearce is well aware they need to be better for longer against South Launceston.
The Sharks trailed by only nine points before the Kangaroos kicked away but Pearce loved the positives.
"The group we've got, we know we can match it with sides and I think South's probably got the best list in the comp," he said.
"They've got a good mix of experienced bodies, tall defender, key forwards - so we are going to have our work cut out for us again."
Bulldogs coach Anthony Taylor is hopeful of an improvement from last week's performance to get back on the winners' list.
"They are a young, developing side and they are always tough to beat on their home deck but we know where they sit and we understand that they've lost a lot of players," he said.
"We are not resting any players or anything like that, we need to bounce back and make sure that we use every week as an improvement opportunity."
An aggressive start by Bracknell set the tone last week and the Redlegs are out to do the same against George Town.
Corry Goodluck's side kicked five goals in the first term to set themselves up.
"We know that if we can come out and do that against most sides, we are in with a shot," Goodluck said.
"It's something that we worked on all [last] week, to make sure we come out and hit them on the front foot and it paid off.
"We don't want to take a backwards step from where we are at the minute, we want to keep improving each week."
Describing last week's late relocation as "tough", George Town coach Adam Zanevra is looking to put that behind him, welcoming back Shane Baker, Troy Spinks and Ben Hugo to face Bracknell.
"[Sam] Douglas and Matty Dennis were pretty tough to handle last time, so I guess we will have to try and limit their impact a bit," he said.