The Group 11 season is only three rounds in but this weekend shapes as a massive one and one which give all clubs, and fans, an idea of where each side stands.
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The current top four sides on the ladder play each other, with CYMS and Parkes meeting in Caltex Park while defending premiers Forbes Magpies plays host to Macquarie.
Parkes scored a win at Dubbo last week when defeating Macquarie and that tough kind of hit-out would have pleased captain-coach Dennis Moran in the lead up to the clash with the equally undefeated Fishies.
Forbes is the other undefeated side up to this point and takes on a Raiders side which will debut another exciting talent this weekend.
Here’s all the lineups and previews for this weekend’s action as well as the lineups for the Western Rams’ bumper Country Championships second round match-up with Riverina.
DUBBO WESTSIDE v WELLINGTON COWBOYS
Sunday; Caltex Park, Dubbo
Referee: Ray O’Brien
WESTSIDE: 1 Steve RIley, 2 Craig McKellar, 3 Warren Peachey, 4 Nathan Ryan, 5 Alf Smith, 6 Brayden Peachey, 7 Dylan Coe, 8 Travis Hill, 9 Carl Ralph, 10 Jayden Harvey, 11 Peter Miller, 12 Tom Ryan, 13 Colt Tairua, 14 Kailen Towney, 15 Mark Gray. Captain-coach: Colt Tairua
WELLINGTON: 1 Norm West, 2 Nathan Stewart, 3 Chris Ahsee, 4 Brian Baxter, 5 Hayden Sutherland, 6 Richard Peckham, 7 William Lousick, 8 Shannon Ireland, 9 Brogan Black, 10 Nathan Smith, 11 Aidan Ryan, 12 Daniel Ahsee, 13 Lewis Stanley, 14 Mac Dutfield, 15 Cody Bruce, 16 Trent Forrest. Captain-coach: Aidan Ryan
DUBBO CYMS v PARKES SPACEMEN
Sunday; Caltex Park, Dubbo
Referee: Simon Hartas
CYMS: 1. Kieran Cubby -Shipp, 2 Joeby Vetaukula, 3 Jyie Chapman, 4 Wade Kavanagh, 5 Hayden Howell, 6 Brad Pickering, 7 Alex Bonham, 8 Jarryn Powyer, 9 Luke Jenkins, 10 Ben Marlin, 11 Alex Ronayne, 12 Jordan Reynolds, 13 Lincoln Kavanagh
PARKES: 1 Sam Dwyer, 2 Brandon Paige, 3 Dennis Moran, 4 Luke Clarke, 5 Fletcher Strong, 6 Joey Dwyer, Chad Porter, 8 Peter Newell, 9 Joss Cleal, 10 Jay Slavin, 11 Jack Medlyn, 12 Jordan Pope, 13 Jake Porter, 14 James Wood, 15 Alex Prout, 16 Ben Nash, 17 Epi Sadrodo
FORBES MAGPIES v DUBBO MACQUARIE
Sunday; Spooner Oval, Forbes
Referee: John Francis
FORBES: 1 Jesse Wighton, 2 Liam Whitfield, 3 Jarred Tyack, 4 Joseph Coe, 5 Chris Kirby, 6 Mitch Bourke, 7 Matthew Roylance, 8 Ben Robinson, 9 Ethan Gaffney, 10 Zac Merritt, 11 Ben Maguire, 12 Traie Merritt, 13 Jake Grace, 14 Mitch Davis, 15 Ben Gunn, 16 Marty Herbert, 17 Andrew Grogan. Captain-coach: Jake Grace
MACQUARIE: 1 Blaize Fuller, 2 Bradley Spencer, 3 Quentin Dickerson, 4 Laberato Tauoqooqo, 5 Ashley Widders, 6 Kurt Fuller, 7 Willie Wright, 8 Jade Hooper, 9 Matthew Lane, 10 Kepu Nathan, 11 Jayden Merritt, 12 Wade Peachey, 23 Zac Rennick, 14 Jack Kelly, 15 John Ciappara, 16 Eroni Turaga. Coaches: Steve McLellan and Zac Rennick
NARROMINE JETS v NYNGAN TIGERS
Sunday; Cale Oval, Narromine
Referee: Mick Medlin
NARROMINE: 1 Janus Walford, 2 Mick Louie, 3 Paul Widders, 4 EJ Fernando, 5 DJ Gordon, 6 Daryl Cubby, 7 Corey Cox, 8 Alex Sambrook, 9 Daryl Kemp, 10 Ryan Richardson, 11 Jordan Richardson, 12 Dane Cox, 13 Tim Walker, 14 Lachlan Reid, 15 Ben Portors. Coach: Luke Thompson
NYNGAN: 1 Sam Simmonds, 2 Jone Kerevi, 3 Jone Yacadrau, 4 Robert Gudgeon, 5 Mitch Rixon, 6 Brett Howard, 7 Jacob Neill, 8 Todd Rope, 9 Reece Goldsmith, 10 Troy Evans, 11 Norman Fuiava, 12 Stewart Mills, 13 Benny Cokanasgia, 14 James Fisk, 15 Gerald Mackey, 16 Loma Atuau, 17 Cameron Bourke. Captain-coach: Stewart Mills
WESTERN RAMS v RIVERINA
Saturday; Ron Crowe Oval, West Wyalong
WESTERN: 1 Sophie Stammers (Blayney Bears), 2 Heidi Regan (Cargo Blue Heelers), 3 Rebecca Ford (Orange Hawks), 4 Claire Woolmington (Bathurst Panthers), 5 Amy Hewitt (Bathurst Panthers), 6 Michelle Somers (Bathurst St Pat’s), 7 Jess Hotham (Bathurst Panthers), 8 Demi Wilson (Dubbo CYMS), 9 Ella-J Harris (Orange Hawks), 10 Monique Christie-Johnston (Bathurst Panthers), 11 Emma Gallagher (Dunedoo Swans), 12 Lisa Travis (Cobar Roosters), 13 Chrissie West (Lithgow Workies); Bench: 14 Lauren Sullivan (Dunedoo Swans), 15 Rikka Lamb (Dubbo CYMS). Coach: Mick Armstrong
RIVERINA: 1 Georgia Everett (Leeton Greens), 2 Sophie Gaynor (Temora Dragons), 3 Casey Payne (Yenda Blueheelers), 4 Renae Glanville (Cootamundra Bulldogs), 5 Ashleigh Carroll (Young Cherrypickers), 6 Jackelyn Hughes (Temora Dragons), 7 Chelsea Tout (Gundagai Tigers), 8 Linley Jones (Gundagai Tigers), 9 Bridget Horsley (Wagga Brothers), 10 Emily Perrot (Temora Dragons), 11 Ua Ravu (Yenda Blueheelers), 12 Jess McDonell (Albury Thunder), 13 Molly Daly (Albury Thunder), 14 Jess Beer (Wagga Brothers), 15 Tess Staines (Yanco Wamoon Hawks). Coach: Peter McDermott