The Macleay Valley Mustangs can secure the Group Three Rugby League minor premiership with a victory over the Wauchope Blues on home soil this Saturday.
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However, if they suffer defeat and the Wingham Tigers defeat the Old Bar Pirates, it will send the race into the final round of the regular season next week.
The Forster-Tuncury Hawks tackle the Port Macquarie Sharks in a fourth versus fifth match up and the result will have a massive impact on the position of the sides for the finals series. The Hawks currently have a two point edge on the Sharks.
Meanwhile the Breakers, who currently sit in sixth position, will be searching for a victory over the bottom-placed Taree City Bulls. A win could see them leapfrog the Sharks into fifth spot if Port Macquarie fall to the Hawks.
Find out how the sides will be lining up by reading our team lists below:
Macleay Valley v Wauchope
Macleay Valley: 1. Owen Blair 2. David Davis 3. Cecil Lardner 4. Conrad Lardner 5. Lance Robertson 6. Stephan Blair 7. Tyreece Sines 8. Adam McMurray 9. Russell Lardner 10. Dre Barker 11. Jesse Douglas 12. Chris Piper 13. Richard Roberts Interchange: TBA
Wauchope: 1. Tony Thompson 2. Sam Ylias 3. Sam Watts 4. Beau White 5. Ged Roods 6. Nick McCabe 7. Tristan Scott 8. Sam Ackroyd 9. Joss Cleal 10. Kahlan Duncan 11. Dylan Lund 12. Mat Bird 13. Ollie Pascoe
Kick-off times:
- Women's league tag: 11.30am
- 18s: 12.35pm
- Reserve grade: 1.50pm
- First grade: 3pm
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Wingham v Old Bar
Wingham: 1 Matt Bridge, 2 Jarrad Gibson, 3 Kurt Lewis, 4 Brodie Myer, 5 Nathan Maher, 6 Kynan Budd, 7 Danny Russell, 8 Joel Kliendienst, 9 Mitch Collins, 10 Blake Fraser, 11 Tim Watson, 12 Jake Wheeler, 13 Brendan Butler. Interchange: 14 Tate Grofos, 15 Nick Beacham, 16 Jackson Mullen, 17 TBA
Old Bar: 1 Joel Minihan, 2 Matt Halliday, 3 Justin Berry, 4 Nathan Napier, 5 Andrew Hills, 6 Conor Taylor, 7, Tanna Hinton, 8 Carlos Kohu-Martin, 9 Shannon Ellem, 10 Jared Wooster, 11 Corey Sheehan, 12 Joel Dark, 13 Jonathon Tickle. Interchange 14 Kane Evans, 15 Brent Hodge, 16 Josh Starr, 17 Ben Witchard
Kick off times
- Women's league tag: 1pm
- 18s: 2pm
- Reserve grade: 3pm
- First grade: 4.30pm
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Port City v Taree
Port City: 1. Cody Robbins 2. Jarred Robbins 3. Ricky Arnell 4. Trae Clark 5. TBA 6. Josh Hyde 7. Anthony Cowan 8. Ben Dickson 9. Matt Everitt 10. Dan Dumas 11. Ethan Hyde 12. Luke Sinclair 13. Adrian Daley Interchange: 14. Brent Nixon 15. Kurt Durbridge 16. Matt Burge 17. Bailey Brooks
Taree: 1 Dean Mills, 2 Callum Wesley, 3 Todd Northam, 4 Paul Campbell, 5 Will Bungie, 6 Jake Lauder, 7 Keirrien Cochrane, 8 Matt Taupe, 9 Oscar Carey, 10 Harry Wallis, 12 Ethan Currey, 13 Logan Wallis. Interchange: 14 Eric Grant, 15 Brodan Hamilton, 16 Rob Mason, 17 Toby De Stefano
Kick-off times:
- Women's league tag: 12.15pm
- Reserve grade: 1.15pm
- First grade: 2.30pm
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Forster-Tuncurry v Port Macquarie
Forster-Tuncurry: 1 Corey Eason, 2 Beau Lowry, 3 Jake Collins, 4 Keda Moylan, 5 Dylan Clark, 6 Matt Wakefield, 7 Adrian Davis, 8 Bill Ryder, 9 Riley Glover, 10 Chris Coulton, 11 Luke Ross, 12 Max Elliott, 13 Matt Kirkland. Interchange: 14 Kye Burke, 15 Chris Simon, 16 Liam Simon, 17 Blake Richardson.
Port Macquarie: 1. Mitch Wilbow 2. Ryan Long 3. Joel Anttilla 4. Oli Nosworthy 5. Kieran Gallagher 6. Josh Dwyer 7. Joey Cudmore 8. Ben Kirkland 9. Zac Flanagan 10. Mitch Smith 11. Koby Smith 12. Kyle Ellison 13. James Kelly Interchange: 14. Luke Ackroyd 15. Ben Read 16. TBA 17. TBA
Kick-off times:
- Women's league tag: 11.30am
- 18s: 12.35pm
- Reserve grade: 1.50pm
- First grade: 3pm