Neil Irwin, Mitch Heaslip and Mason Dryburgh are all out of the Crows team for the important clash with the Crows.

Irwin was taken off on the stretcher in last Saturday’s loss to Collingullie-Glenfield Park with an ankle injury.

The news has been much better than originally feared for the Crows though with Irwin expected back in a fortnight, after Leeton-Whitton’s bye.

Mason Dryburgh is out injured with his troublesome shoulder, while Heaslip joins Brad Boots on the unavailability list with work commitments.

Leeton-Whitton coach David Meline admits the outs are not ideal.

“Coolamon are starting to get some good results on the board so over there it will certainly be tough,” Meline said.

“After last week we’ve just got to turn things around a bit."

The Crows have lost their past two games, to drop to third position on the ladder despite still being equal on points with the top team.

A loss on Sunday is likely to see them slide to fifth spot.

Meline said the Crows need to improve in a lot of areas, quickly.

“Just the effort, that’s the main thing,” he said.

“We were ordinary in a lot of areas last week and only had about a half dozen decent contributors.

“The main thing is sharing the load, a lot of guys need to step up.”

Ben Curley returns for the Crows this week, in a boost to their chances.

Tyh and Danyan Evans, Brady Dunn and Sam Hopper are others to come in.

Meline knows any chance the Crows have on the minor premiership ride on his game.

“I guess so, this week is an important game,” he said.

“We’ve dropped a couple so we’ve got to start turning things around.”

Leeton-Whitton have the bye after Sunday, then have games against Turvey Park and Narrandera to finish the home and away season.

Coolamon have made five changes to their team for Sunday.

Chris Ladhams, Rick Pritchett, Rory Litchfield, Luke Redfern and Dan Ryall come into the Hoppers’ team.

Coolamon is fourth on the ladder, but equal in points with the top three teams.