Brody Tracey has been handed a much bigger role as Southcity look to right a round one loss to Temora.
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The teenager will start in the second row for the clash at Harris Park on Sunday coming in to replace Mitch Curran.
Curran will be on the other side of the country at State Of Origin handing Tracey a rare chance to impress in the top grade.
Bulls captain-coach Kyle McCarthy is looking forward to seeing what he can produce.
"Brody will get the first crack in the starting team," McCarthy said.
Tracey played off the bench last week after Maleke Morris suffered an AC joint injury in the Weissel Cup.
Tim Jones has also been given an opportunity on the bench with Tim Hurst under an injury cloud.
Meanwhile Nathan Rose is still on the sidelines after the re-occurrence of his hamstring problem.
The Bulls are toying with keeping their star playmaker on ice for a few more weeks.
"We've got a pretty good run coming up with Temora, Junee and Cootamundra so we're trying to take the load off it as much as possible so he's right for the back end of the season," McCarthy said.
"He's been running at training though."
Temora scored a 20-18 win in round one to send shockwaves through the competition.
While they haven't pulled off another big upset yet, their consistency has then safely into fifth at the midway point of the season.
McCarthy believes the side has learned plenty of lessons since the clash at Nixon Park.
"Hopefully we can get one back and thank God we are at home for it, which should help us," McCarthy said.
"We moved forward into the season pretty well (after the loss), took a backward step at Gundagai but I think we took another good step against Brothers last week."
He's looking for another big effort game, believing it was their downfall against the Tigers.
Meanwhile Temora coach Sam Elwin is hoping to cause another surprise to keep their buffer on the chasing pack.
They are two wins clear of Junee and Brothers in the battle for fifth however the Dragons are far from full strength for the clash.
Queensland recruits Blake Appo and Jarrod Lee are away with work commitments, Grant Hughes is on holidays while Jake Milnes is out with a broken finger.
Elwin is looking to contain some of the Bulls' biggest names to bring up their fifth win of the season.
"We're definitely aiming to cause an upset but it is very tough when they've got the best centre in the comp in Usaia O'Sullivan, if Nathan Rose plays he's the best player in the comp, plus Kyle McCarthy so Southcity is always very tough," Elwin said.
"We're going in knowing that."
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