THERE'S nothing on the line for the Bathurst Bushrangers in this Saturday's concluding round of the AFL Central West men's tier one season, or their opponents Orange Tigers, but does that mean the hosts will take things easy at George Park 2?
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You know they won't.
Bushrangers locked up their grand final place two weeks ago but they're still on a mission to go through the entire 2020 season without dropping a match.
Some teams might have used such a game to experiment one last time with their positions or to rest some players but the Bushrangers don't have any such ideas in mind.
Co-coach Tim Hunter said the team aren't in a mood to enter the upcoming grand final with anything less than a strong performance.
"We've had the mentality all year to just focus on the game that's coming up, and that's no different this weekend," he said.
We definitely didn't have everything go our way last time.
- Tim Hunter
"We still rate Orange as a quality side and we're expecting them to come out trying hard to win their last game of the season so we're expecting a physical game. They'll be a tough side to beat so sticking to our game plan will help us get the win."
Bushrangers made easy work of the Tigers two weeks ago in their previous clash.
The Bathurst side won by 70 points on that occasion, outscoring Orange by 11 goals to one over the opening three quarters.
Hunter expects Orange to put up a good fight for the last game of the year but said Bushrangers will be playing this game like it's a preliminary final.
"We played well over in Orange last time. It was still a physical game and I know we got away in the end but we definitely didn't have everything go our way last time," he said.
"We're expecting that again this weekend but we want to get the game on our own terms."