Riverside are eager to keep their unblemished record to start the season as they travel to face coastal opponents Sheffield this weekend.
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After opening their two games at Riverside, the Blues look set to lose young stars Aidan O'Connor and Cooper Anthes and Patrick Mackrell for the trip away.
"To string together to wins to start the season is a good momentum booster for us, we're looking to continue that," coach Lydon Stubbs said.
"We're finding ways to win games of cricket without playing our best game yet so I think that's pleasing that as a team.
"The start of the coastal season is always a bit tricky to gauge ... we're not taking them [Sheffield] lightly at all, their top end is as good as any in the North so we'll be on our game."
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Fellow Cricket North side Westbury also find themselves unbeaten after winning their opening game against South Launceston last weekend.
The Shamrocks welcome Latrobe for their first home game of the season with their opponents eager to rebound from a first-up loss to Sheffield in the last round.
Launceston will be eager to rejoin the winners' circle after they stumbled against Riverside in round two to notch their first loss of the year.
"We were disappointed last week so we're looking forward to bouncing back against a formidable opponent in Burnie," Launceston coach Andy Gower said.
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The Lions will also have a changed side with Alistair Taylor, Will Bennett, Dravid Rao and Charlie Eastoe away on Raiders duty this round. In their place, Dihan Cloete, Ethan Conway, George Maguire and Cody Townend come in.
South Launceston will face a winless Ulverstone as they look to get back to winning ways. Last time the Knights and Ulverstone faced-off, it was South Launceston who came away victorious with bonus points.
Last year's fixture saw Nathan Philip (62 off 38) demolish the Ulverstone attack and the Knights will be looking for a similar effort from their key man.
"We're really excited to hit the road and take on Ulverstone, they're a strong side and we're keen to show off our skills against them," Philip said.
"Even though the results haven't gone our way, we've had plenty of positives to build on from the first two games of the season."
Ian Labrooy and Alex Litch come in place of James Beattie and Jackson Young.
Mowbray return off the bye and get the trip up to Wynyard with both sides looking to secure their first win.
"We didn't quite have the execution in some critical moments in the last game so we've been working on that," Eagles' captain Luke Scott said.
"We haven't had a great record down the coast, the last couple of years so hopefully trying to rectify that starting this weekend coming."
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