But that doesn't mean either team will take the game lightly, with Bulldogs keen to finish the regular season on a high heading into the finals.

And Saturday's game will see a bit of a change up in the Bulldogs line-up from last week.

Justin Mobbs and Joe Nash return from Country NSW duty, slotting back into their regular positions of lock and fullback respectively.

Travis Gibson and Jock Suttor will move to the flanker positions, while Adam Dwyer comes in at number 8 for Alex Weal and Matt Trapp will start at as tighthead prop.

And while the match won't affect either team's position on the ladder, Bulldogs coach Dean Oxley knows getting a win is crucial to continuing the team's momentum heading into the finals.

"We just want to maintain the momentum and I spoke to the boys on Tuesday night on how hard we worked to get that minor premiership," he said.

"We don't want to hand back any of the hard work we've earned and the plan this weekend is to maintain our standards and not to have a hangover from last weekend.

"We worked really hard and had that goal set at the start of the season to be minor premiers but we didn't play the football we wanted to against Emus last weekend.

"There's a lot of areas in our game we're working on and we see this weekend as a great opportunity to really improve on areas that let us down against Emus."

Bulldogs and Cowra have clashed twice this season, Cowra going down at home 28-18 back in May 11, while the Bathurst side stormed to an impressive 52-12 win at Ashwood Park at the start of last month.

And while Cowra have won just two of their past six games, Oxley is aware that the Eagles will make life difficult for his side on Saturday, considering it will be the club's old boys' day.

"Cowra are emerging as a force but they did have dip in the middle of the season where they lost some games they weren't expect to lose, but they're a very proud town," he said.

"I know they've got a big day planned for their old boys' day. They'll be looking forward to playing Bathurst and there'll be no love lost in playing this fixture.

"We've had really hard battles against Cowra over the past two years. It's been a very strongly contested game, so playing Cowra at Cowra is a test, which we're looking forward to."

The two teams famously played in the the 2018 preliminary final, where Bulldogs' defence shined as it held out the Eagles to claim a 27-0 win, which qualified them for the grand final, which they would eventually lose to Orange Emus.

Kick-off between Bulldogs and Cowra is at 3.15pm.

In other Blowes Clothing Cup action on Saturday, the second-placed Emus will contest the Orange derby with City at Endeavour Oval and Forbes and Dubbo Kangaroos will battle it out at Grinstead Oval.