The Darry Rando-coached side beat the Northern Rivers Titans 36-20 at Armidale Rugby League Park last Saturday, their second win in three rounds.

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The Tigers' only change from that match is Joash Boney coming into the 17-man squad and Ned Chapman reverting to 18th man.

"It's a big game for us," Rando said. "If we can win this we can go to second. We've got to get a good start and go from there."

The side played well in patches last Saturday but gave up some unforced errors at various times, to let Northern Rivers back into the game several times.

"We scored a try and then dropped it from the kick-off twice," Rando recalled.

"Then we kicked out on the full and made too many errors, just some little things under pressure, but they are things we can fix. It's up to the individuals."

Rando thought the Tigers' go-forward was "real good through the middle", and will be hoping for that to continue on Saturday.

His front-rowers Jake Clydsdale and Mark Simon and his hooker Harry Reid were excellent last round, while second-rower Luke Smith also excelled - scoring two tries. Reid crossed for three.

TIGERS: 1 Mitch Henderson, 2 Billy Youman, 3 Blake Johnson, 4 Corben Hampstead, 5 Alex Lawrence, 6 Ethan Antzakles, 7 Pichai Dixon, 8 Mark Simon, 9 Harry Reid, 10 Jake Clydsdale, 11 Luke Smith, 12 Hayden Bull, 13 Sam Fechner, 14 Jesse Cadalbert, 15 Joash Boney, 16 Dan McMillan, 17 Charlie Parsons, 18 Ned Chapman. Coach: Darryl Rando.

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