After two resounding wins against the Ashford Roosters on Saturday, the Uralla Tigers are gearing up for Group 19's derby round.
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The Tigers teams head to Walcha to face the Jillaroos and Roos for round eight.
Against Ashford, Uralla began with the ladder leading league tag team defeating a young Roosters outfit 78-4.
"I must say, Ashford tried the whole game," Uralla president Josh Clark said.
"They have got a lot of young girls there that look like they have just started in the senior side of stuff."
The men's game saw Uralla take the win 36-18.
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Clark, who is also captain-coach of the team, said it was tough with a host of regular players unavailable for the clash.
"We had six starting players away or injured and the blokes who turned up and took their spots worked that hard, I was that proud of my team," he said.
"It was probably one of the best games I have played in, everyone had a real good crack and so did the Ashford boys."
The matches against Walcha are predicted to to be hard-fought battles with the third-placed Jillaroos team coming off a loss to Tingha and the Roos on the improve.
Clark said the Tigers girls are aiming to keep their unbeaten status.
"They are outright first and if they can keep their foot on the throat on the teams chasing them like Walcha and Tingha I think they will be hard to beat," he said.
"I think all their new players they got at the start of the year are starting to gel into the side and having those better players on holidays they had a chance to play and it has only improved them so they are looking pretty sharp."
As for the men's match, it is one of most anticipated encounters for both teams every season.
"We are looking forward to going down there, it is always good going down to Walcha to play those boys, always a tight contest and very enjoyable," Clark said.
"We will have a beer afterwards with them as we always do.
"We have just got to be on our game, play consistent football for 70 minutes which we struggle to against some of the better sides and Walcha are one of the better sides now."