Having secured a gap to fifth-placed Leagues Panthers last weekend, Exies Eagles will be heading into this round looking to pick up another eight points when they take on Hanwood on Saturday evening.
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The Eagles haven't been able to pick up two wins in a row yet this season and captain Andy Arnold says that is their top priority.
"We were fighting with Leagues for that fourth spot, so it was important to get the win last weekend," he said.
"It probably means nothing if we don't back it up this weekend.
"We haven't won back-to-back games yet this season, and if we win this weekend, we can jump Hanwood and take third."
The opening combination of Aditha Jayasuriya and Justin Winkler performed well against the Panthers and Arnold was hopeful the pair would be back at top again this weekend.
"We have been trying to get Justin to play all year but due to other commitments he hasn't been able to," he said.
"For someone who has only played a couple of games he looked pretty good in the middle, and we hope to have him a couple more times before finals.
"We have always seen the talent in Aditha, and it is good to see it starting to come out."
There is serious doubt over this weekend going ahead do to the heatwave which hit the town on Thursday with the expected temperature for Saturday sitting at 44 degrees at the time of publication.
If the temperature stays at the predicted level, the round will be likely be called off with the temperature sitting two degrees above the extreme weather threshold set out in the GDCA bylaws.
Arnold said there's no point worrying about what might happen.
"We are the night game, so we probably have more chance of going ahead, but we aren't going to worry about something we can't control," he said.
The decision on play will be made at 11am on Saturday
Umpire Appointments
Friday January 31
Second grade - 5.45pm: Exies Diggers v Coly Nomads at Exies 1: Frank Valeri and John Witherspoon
Saturday February 1
First grade - 1:00pm: Exies Diggers v Leagues Panthers at Exies 2: Joe Catanzariti and Garry Tucker, 4:30pm: Exies Eagles v Hanwood CC at Exies 1: Brenton Harrison and Frank Valeri
Second Grade - 1:00pm: Coro Cougars v Leagues Panthers at Westend: Doug Cattanach, Hanwood CC v Exies Eagles at Collina: Glen Bock
Third Grade - 1.00pm: Coly Nomads v Exies Eagles at Coleambally: Don Coleman, Hanwood v Coro Cougars at Hanwood: Peter Davis, Leagues Panthers v Exies Diggers at SG 1: Richie Alvaro
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