Gunnedah Bulldogs will welcome back a trio of big guns for their clash with the Tamworth Swans at Wolseley Oval on Saturday.
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Captain Ben Maher, Brent Hartley and Andrew George all come back into the side after being away for their opening round win over the Tamworth Kangaroos.
He is also hoping Andrew George will be right to play.
"There's three pretty handy footballers," he said.
They will however be without best-on-ground against the Kangaroos Scott Hardy. He has his sisters wedding.
Meagher is expecting "a very tough game" with the Swans thumping Narrabri by 144 points last week.
It further confirmed his belief that the Swans will be one of the top sides this season, having watched his side just get over the line against them in last month's Crossroads Cup final.
New to the area it was his first, and only real sighting of them.
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He was pretty happy with what he saw from his side against the Kangaroos, especially the way they responded after the Tamworth side cut their 24 point half-time lead down to five points early in the third term, and spoke about just "Improving on what we did last week".
"We need to improve our ground ball get, we were a bit fumbly," he said.
Their goalkicking was also a bit wayward at times.
"We kicked two goals, 10 on the weekend in the last quarter," Meagher said.
"We had plenty of possession but we just rushed."
It's about being a bit more patient when they get the ball up front.
