Wagga City are looking to put on a big display to celebrate the diverse cultures within the club.
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It's an ominous sign for CSU as the winless Reddies try to conquer the unbeaten side at Conolly Rugby Complex on Saturday.
The premiers will wear specially designed jumpers for their clash as part of their Multicultural Day.
Coach Ben Schreiber knows it means a lot to the side.
"We've got a fair few boys from all different nations so it is a pretty good round pride wise for everyone," Schreiber said.
"We're having a ceremony at the start of the day so it should be a real good family day."
Wagga City have taken two big wins over CSU so far this season.
However Schreiber doesn't want to take their Wagga rivals lightly.
"CSU bring their A game every time we play then and come out of the blocks firing so we need to weather that storm early and hopefully get over the top of them," he said.
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Wagga City were able to overcome Waratahs to return to the top of the Southern Inland ladder despite missing plenty of players.
The likes of Darryl Hemopo, Pita Herangi and James Beaufils.
However captain Adam Mokotupu and star playmaker Dylan McLachlan are still on the injured list
Rory Sheard will also miss the clash after his third yellow card for the season last week resulted in a one-week ban.
Tyson McLachlan remains at halfback.
He's one of the new faces at the club this season, after making the switch from Group Nine club Brothers.
The 20-year-old admitted the code change has taken some getting used to but has really started to find his feet in the number nine jumper.
"It's my first year playing union and it's good now," McLachlan said.
"The first couple of weeks it was a bit confusing but now that I've gotten used to the rules and the rucks it's just like playing league."
Meanwhile Ag College coach Elliot Barrett hopes having a few key players back can help his side for their clash against Tumut at Beres Ellwood Oval.
Pat Lemmich will play just his second game of the season following an ankle injury while Lochlan Ramm and Will Whiteley are also back from the team who narrowly went down to Albury last time out.
"It was a massively improved effort right across the park," Barrett said.
"We are starting to get comfortable playing up against the bigger bodies and were able to play the way we wanted to play this time around.
"It's a massive positive and even though we did lose I think the players took a lot from it.:"