Junee are looking to keep themselves in the fight for fourth place when they host Tumut at Laurie Daley Oval on Saturday.
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However they're are a number of injury concerns the club is trying to deal with.
Daniel Foley is expected to miss the clash with a quadriceps problem while Pat Sweeney is also in doubt with a knee complaint.
Points differential has the Diesels out the top four but with games against Gundagai and Young to follow, captain-coach Trent Schubach is looking for the side to respond after a 32-18 loss to Southcity.
"We probably need to be full strength to be competing with them but we will see how we go," Schubach said.
"There is not long to go so it is nearly a must-win in all games now but we have to take it one week at a time."
The Diesels led at half-time but struggled to go with the Bulls in the second half.
Schubach still thought there were promising signs with their attack but is looking for a better completion rate and better discipline to tackle the undefeated outfit coming off the bye.
"We had a bad training week last week through injuries and weather and you could tell. We played how we trained and were a bit behind the eight ball," he said.
"We started slow, sorta got back into the game, but the second half was pretty bad.
"Our attack was pretty good when he had the footy but we just dropped a lot of ball, gave away a fair few penalties so if we got hold onto the ball a bit more and get 50-50 possession it would be handy."
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