Both the Bega Roosters and the Tathra Sea Eagles will unleash their full contingent of senior rosters this Sunday.
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The Sea Eagles will play host to the Roosters at the Tathra Beach Country Club ground for an iconic local derby with both clubs fielding all four senior grades in unison for the first time this season.
"It's a real credit to both clubs to have all four senior grades," Roosters first grade coach Scott Barton said.
"It will be a great day for the crowd to get down there early and enjoy all the games."
On the day, the first grade clash will play out as a 2019 grand final rematch with Bega looking to rectify the last-minute try that saw Tathra snatch the shield from the Roosters' grasp.
Early this season, the Roosters have forged ahead to now sit as one of just two clubs undefeated after three rounds, while the Sea Eagles have had a harder time of the start.
Barton said the Roosters now had the full compliment of four Kiwi players they had been able to recruit in the off-season, with new starter Memphis Hennessy taking out man of the match in Bega's win over Snowy River last week.
Meanwhile, the Sea Eagles have had the choice additions of James Bower-Scott and John Aldridge that will undoubtedly boost their play-making and kicking games through the rest of the season.
Barton said he was pleased with individual performances from last week, but was disappointed by complacency creeping in during the second half.
"We started really well, the opening 20 was high quality football, but the completion rate [later] was atrocious, you can't mentally switch off like that, we know we've got to complete better."
Both clubs know what it takes to put wins on the board, Barton has led Bega to premierships and James Scott led Tathra to a fairy-tale finish in 2019.
The Sea Eagles also come into the draw on the back of a good result after carding a 28-24 win over the Bay Tigers last weekend.
And there is plenty of history between Bega and Tathra and fans should expect some quality rivalry come Sunday.
"Being the local derby, it's going to be exciting, but we just need to improve on ourselves," Barton said ahead of the draw.
"If we make errors like last weekend we'll lose, so I'm all about us and making sure the individuals are doing their own job, so if we complete and play our style of footy we'll be switched on."
NSWRL CEO Dave Trodden will be in attendance for Sunday's games with play to start at 10.15am in league-tag ahead of under 18s at 11.30am, reserves at 1pm and first grade kicking off at 2.30pm.
Both clubs are encouraging supporters to head along, with the Eagles also drawing their major raffle winners.