Proud Country week League Upper Great Southern will field a strong side this Saturday against Lower South West for the first of their Championship matches.  The side is filled with familiar football names hoping to take the Rams one step better then last years Division 1 Grand Final.

Wickepin's Brayden and Regan Duckworth will continue their football journey together with a Country Week match and will be joined by former Ongerup rep Michael Trevenen who has moved to Wickepin this season.

Upper's will be hard to match in the contested possession stakes with names like Duckworth, Martin, Vernon, Guimelli and the possible late inclusion of Jon Price all in and around the packs. 

Kukerin's Brendon Lim (pictured) was impressive in his State Country encounter a few weeks ago and will collect plenty of possessions through the midfield and across half back. Jarrod Doney has strong country football bloodlines and will also be keen to impress as he steps up to senior representative football.

The Rams will however need to find an avenue to goals with the ever reliable Mark Deaves (pictured) sidelined through injury.

For the Lower South West the league is experiencing an influx in talent in 2016 which will undoubtedly see them field a strong side this weekend.

Mathew Harbeck was the competitions premier player in 2015 and will again be relied upon for a four quarter performance.  

Brett Dobson and Tim Ioannou both have the skills and experience to excel at this level and Imperials forward Arthur Bennel was in good goal kicking touch against the Tigers last weekend and will excite with flashes of brilliance throughout the day.

Lee Luchev and Clayton Giblett are both quality players and will provide headaches for the Rams.

If the game is contested and congested Upper Great Southern certainly has the cattle, but if it turns to a free flowing contest Lower South West may have the talent to cause an upset win.