The Bendigo Bank Cats will look to continue their outstanding run of form when they travel to Piranha Park to play Coburg on Saturday.
Currently sitting third on the ladder with two rounds to go, a win could propel the Cats into second place on the ladder.
The Cats have lost some experience with Harry Taylor, Jackson Thurlow, Ryan Abbott and Jordan Murdoch receiving a call-up to the AFL side. While George Horlin-Smith will miss through injury (broken nose).
Those losses will be offset by the return of Stewart Crameri who along with Ryan Gardner and Wylie Buzza is set to give the Lions defenders plenty of headaches in the Cats' attacking 50.
Quinton Narkle, Lachie Fogarty and James Parsons will also play this weekend after being omitted from the senior team.
There will be a number of intriguing matchups across the ground with Guthrie brothers Zach and Josh to go head-to-head, while the battle in the midfield between Marcus Lentini and Tom Atkins will be a fascinating one.
Saturday's match kicks off at 12pm.
Teams
Bendigo Bank Cats
B: C Floyd, T House, M Hayball
HB: C Constable, Z Guthrie, J Tsitas
C: J Cunico, T Atkins, Q Narkle
HF: J Jones, W Buzza, S Simpson
F: S Crameri, R Gardner, G Miers
R: Z Smith, J Parsons, L Fogarty
INT: J Keras, B Reid, A Grace, S Dobson, P Dowling, L Kiel, C Mitchell, J McLachlan
23P: T McMullan
Coburg Lions
B: J Corigliano, H Nolan, J Iacobaccio
HB: L Dickson, S Gregory, N Blair
C: J Guthrie, M Lentini, R Exon
HF: B Allan, P McEvoy, J McDonald
F: B Bernacki, S Lowson, J Murphy
R: T Goodwin, N Mellington, L Bunker
INT: J Fox, A Swierzbiolek, M Conn, L Watkins, M Kovacevic, T Lever, J Sandric, B Cannolo
23P: M Mitchell-Russell
