NAVARRE Grasshoppers will take on Natte Bealiba tomorrow at their home ground for round three of the Maryborough Castlemaine and District Football season.
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Navarre have started the season well with two wins, but they are not on their own with Natte Bealiba also undefeated after two rounds.
One of the two teams will record their first loss and Navarre are confident it won't be them.
Navarre and Natte Bealiba have been long time rivals and each year the battle between the two teams is intense despite the scoreboard suggesting otherwise.
Navarre have had the wood over Natte in recent matches, but they never shy away from the contest.
Grasshoppers could go into the match without key player Daniel Parkin who left the ground at quarter time last weekend against Maryborough Rovers and didn't return.
The depth of Navarre is no issue with plenty of good players still in the mix.
Nine Navarre players made the initial training squad for the interleague team including Ash Driscoll, Cody Driscoll, Brent Flood, Josh Fowkes, Daniel Parkin, Louis Hannett, Ben Scott, Bryce Tickner and Billy Parry as a development player.
They will each be trying to prove a point in the coming weeks leading up to the interleague round on May 23 and if those players can play their role tomorrow that will go a long way to securing the points for Navarre.
In saying that they have also trained the extra night with interleague training taking place on Wednesday nights for the next three weeks.
Natte Bealiba have three players who have been selected with Jarrod Bateson, Tom Douglas and Jacob Long all making the first cut as well as development player Trent Mortlock.
Navarre have never been a team to change their tactics according to their opposition, so they will play the same brand of football they always do.
The game will start at the Navarre from 2.35pm.