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JUNEE will run out its strongest possible team as the Football Wagga improver looks to bring down competition heavyweight Tolland.
The Jaguars welcome back five key players for tomorrow's split-round Pascoe Cup meet with the Wolves at Rawlings Park.
Jason Mutimer, Scott Mutimer, Ray Jones, Jay O'Mara and Jake Crowder all return to the line-up as the club fights to prove its premiership credentials.
All five players were unavailable when Junee was rolled 4-0 by fellow Pascoe Cup contender Henwood Park a week ago.
"We definitely missed those guys last week," Junee co-coach Isaac Cooper said.
"We had a team of half first grade and half reserve players so for those guys to step up and come away with a 4-0 result against Henwood, we couldn't complain really."
"...for those guys to step up and come away with a 4-0 result against Henwood, we couldn't complain really."
- Isaac Cooper
With a full list on deck for the first game of the split-round series, Junee is aiming to knock off one of the title favourites and get a confidence boost three weeks out from finals.
The Jaguars scored a shock 2-2 draw against Tolland only a fortnight ago and Cooper wants to go one better this time around.
"You always play to win, and we will always take a win over one of the top two teams if we can get it," he said.
"We want to keep improving leading into finals.
"Tolland are a quality side with a quality attacking structure, so we need to tighten up our defence.
"We had two lapses in defence which cost us two goals against them last time."
Tolland boasts one of the best attacking lines in the competition with the likes of Lachlan Bushby, Fred Gardner and Henri Gardner all sharing in the spoils this season.
Cooper knows limiting their chances will go a long way to beating the Wolves.
"If you give them a metre of space that's enough for them to score," he said.
"They are three of the better finishers in the competition."
In the other Pascoe Cup game, Wagga United will fight to tighten its grasp on the minor premiership when it meets Henwood Park at Rawlings Park.