THE Cohuna Kangas face Koondrook Barham in this Saturday’s 11th round clash in the Radio 3SH-backed Central Murray senior footy competition.
It’s third against fifth on Cohuna’s turf from 2.30pm.
The Jack Geary-coached Kangas are on the rebound from a 61-point loss at Woorinen.
A 57-point win against Balranald at Barham last Saturday has the River Raiders in fifth place on a six-three record.
The Jack Geary-coached Kangas have plenty of running power and skill in the midfield and on-ball.
Key players for Cohuna include Tom Toma, Ricky Monti, Sam McGlone, Jarrod Findlay and ruckman Sam Leitch.
In attack the Kangas have Tyson Farrant, Riley Hird, Jude Palmer and Jackson Williams as targets.
In-form players for Koondrook Barham include Kye Attwell at full-forward, ruckman Jacob Barrington, rover Lee Dale and ruck-rover Roy George.
Big roles will be played in defence by Isaac Corvo and Reagan Hamilton and by James Martin, Corey Barrington and Jack Thomas in midfield for the Marcus Demaria-coached River Raiders.
Tyntynder takes on Tooleybuc Manangatang at Swan Hill’s Alan Garden Reserve.
The Tyntynder line-up had a rest last Saturday after it beat Lake Boga by 23 points a fortnight ago.
Now the Bulldogs face a big test against a Saints line-up which starts the round in sixth place and eight points behind Koondrook Barham.
Key players for Tyntynder include co-coach and rover Darcy Bibby, Sam Bull at half-forward, Bailey Reeves in the centre, and Jack Woodward.
Bulldogs’ ruckman Josh Potter will compete with Saints’ star Connor Mcdonald.
The Saints are on the rebound from a 41-point loss to Nyah Nyah West United at Manangatang.
Best for the Brad Morris-coached Saints against the Demons were Seb Rogers, Lochlan Prentice, Julian Muir and Josh Williams.
Tooleybuc Manangatang’s line-up to play Tyntynder includes Connor Nutting at full-forward, Elliot Chalmers in the centre, Josh Williams, and Gareth and Josh Grant in defence.
Balranald will be back on home turf to play Swan Hill at Greenham Park.
It’s 10th against 11th in a season where the Roos and Swans have had one victory.
Balranald was outplayed by Koondrook Barham at Barham last Saturday.
Best for the Roos in the 125-68 result were former Western Bulldogs midfielder Roarke Smith, Cody Henness, Brad Hartman and Ben Fuller.
A Balranald attack which includes Colin Andrews, Ben Fuller and captain Ryan Middlebrook will test the Swans.
The Swans achieved a breakthrough win against Tyntynder on the King’s Birthday holiday weekend and were then beaten by Cohuna on June 14.
Players to watch for the Michael Herlihy-coached Swans include ruck-rover Cooper Angus, rover Tom Holdstock, Kallen Heslop and Will Simpson.
Huge plus for the Swan Hill is Herlihy’s return to the field for his first match since the fourth round.
Nyah Nyah West United will be back on home turf to take on Lake Boga.
A six-three record has the NNWU Demons in fourth place and in a strong position to challenge for a top-three finish and double chance at finals time.
The Demons overcame a slow start at Manangatang to beat Tooleybuc Manangatang by 41 points.
Ethan Saville, co-captain Dominic Gallo, Riley Daniels, Alex Birch and Joel Campbell led NNWU’s charge to victory.
The Demons squad for this round includes co-captain Joel Walsh, Corey Daniels, Jordan and Lucas Iudica, and Dean Harrop.
Lake Boga was well beaten by Mallee Eagles at Lake Boga Sports Club.
The Dean Helmers-coached Magpies were held to a score of 57 points by the Eagles.
Recruited by the Pies from Heathcote, Braden Padmore was Lake Boga’s best last round along with Zac Warne, Andrew McDonald and Koben Ryan.
The Magpies’ team to tackle the Demons includes Jayden Lonergan, Ryan Fox, Noah Sherlock and Willem Pye.
Second in the premiership race, Mallee Eagles will be back in Lalbert to take on Kerang.
The Eagles are likely to have too much goalscoring power for Kerang to hold across four quarters.
Key targets in Mallee’s attack include Darcy Hourigan, Andrew Mead-Harding, Brady Fordham and Darcy McGregor.
The Eagles also named Matthew Rankine in a forward pocket.
Best for the Eagles in the win at Lake Boga last round included Wes Bennett, Tom McGregor, Jonah Devlin and Jacob O’Meara.
Kerang is back in action after the bye.
The Paul Grayling-coached Kerang has endured a tough run as it played Nyah Nyah West United at Riverside Park two weeks ago.
Best for the Blues against the Demons were Rylee Gitsham, Bohden McKnight, Tyson Clingan and Flynn McKnight.
Another big test for Kerang defenders Thomas Hetherington, Zarne Thamm, Austin Crellin, Tyson Clingan, Brodie and Cooper Meehan.
Woorinen has the bye.