Bushrangers had started its tier one season with a 85-point win over Orange Tigers in round one, before suffering a 13-point loss to the Giants last Saturday.

While a loss to your local rivals can be tough to take sometimes, Bushrangers co-coach Matt Archer said the mood in his team remains positive and he's hoping his team can bounce back on the road to Dubbo.

"To be fair, everyone's taken [the loss to Giants] pretty well," he said.

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"We just know what it is. It's just the nature of the game, that you're going to win games and you're going to lose games.

"We're just trying to learn from it. We'll pick out what we did well and what we didn't do well and try and take it into the weekend and improve."

While Dubbo has lost its opening two matches - a 103-point loss to Giants in round one and a 32-point loss to Orange in round two - Archer is expecting a much stronger Demons outfit thanks to the home ground advantage.

"You never know with Dubbo but I'd say they'd be pretty strong at home," he said.

"They always are, so we're expecting a pretty tough contest.

"We're missing a few but we'll go over there with every bit of confidence that if we play well enough, we'll come away with a win."

In Saturday's match against Dubbo, Archer is hoping his team can improve how it clears the ball out of the backline, as well as showing more "composure" in front of goal.

"We've just been trying to kick the ball long out from the backline, which we haven't done for the last two years," Archer said.

"I don't know why the last week or two we've reverted to that.

"It'll be getting back to basics this weekend, carrying it out of the backline and showing a bit more composure in the frontline.

"We missed so many shots in front of goal in the first two weeks, which has been disappointing. We've just been clumsy, which we probably haven't been for the past few years."

Saturday's match is set to be Dubbo's first game of the season too, so if the Demons weren't already keen to get a win this weekend, they'll be hoping to do so playing in front of their home fans for the first time in 2021.

"They'll be fired up, ready to go," he said.

Saturday's AFL Central West match between Bushrangers and Dubbo will get underway from South Dubbo Oval at 2.15pm.

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