THERE will be an element of familiarity for Port City Breakers when they arrive at Wingham Sporting Complex on Saturday ahead of their Group 3 rugby league elimination semi-finals.
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Three of the club's four grades will be in action in a different scenario to what the club faced last weekend when only their first grade side travelled to Forster.
First grade coach Dan Kemp said it would be a "big day" for the club.
"We've got 18s, reserves and firsts so it feels like a normal day of footy," he said.
"We'll take our teams down there and all be in the same dressing sheds so hopefully we come away with three chances of making a grand final the following week.
"There's a little more familiarity; it did feel a little bit lonely on our own down at Forster last week."
Kemp's men will face a Wingham side whose only two wins in the last five weeks have come against last-placed Taree City and second-last placed Old Bar.
The Breakers haven't forgotten about the last fixture between the two teams when the Tigers claimed a controversial 32-20 win on June 22.
On that day, forward leaders Dan Dumas and Adrian Daley were given their marching orders after the Breakers had jumped out to an early 12-0 lead.
"It's hard to beat them with only 11 players; (that was what) we took out of it," Kemp said.
"We had a fair bit go against us that day and while we did have 13 players on the field we showed a way that we could be successful against them so we'll look to go back to that."
The Tigers were comprehensively beaten 28-14 by Wauchope last weekend without injured captain Mick Sullivan who remains no guarantee to make his return on Saturday.
Kurt Lewis was suspended for nine games on Wednesday night after being sent from the field in last weekend's loss while Jake Wheeler will also miss the clash.
They have a number of other injury concerns, but Kemp was preparing as if Sullivan would take his place at halfback.
"We've certainly trained with him being there; it's all or nothing so I imagine he will play, but I'm not too bothered either way," he said.
"They had a pretty good run with a lack of injuries at the start of the year and through the middle of the year, but it's going to get you at some stage."
The Breakers will tackle Port Macquarie in the under-18 and reserve grade curtain raisers on the day.
Reserve grade kicks off at 1.25pm with under-18s to start at 12.05pm.
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