THEY'VE won all four games and the jolly green and gold Carey's Freight Lines men can continue their merry Wests Entertainment Group 9s way in the very first game of the final round at Scully Park on Saturday evening.
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Brenton Cochrane and his merry men have powered along in the inaugural competition, winning all four games and posting some impressive wins along the way.
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Their four triumphs have them on top of the ladder with eight points and a 73-40 for-and-against record.
Ordinarily, you would say their battle with second-placed Marius Street Family Dental first up on Saturday would be a highlight match.
The gray and light lime MSFD side has won three of its four games with a 60-37 for-and-against record.
However MSFD captain Scott Blanch will be missing along with James Cooper and Mitch Sheridan.
They will be attending Blanch's buck's party in the Hunter Valley.
It leaves a hole in the team and makes the showdown between the top two teams nowhere near as potent as it could be.
That thrusts more pressure on young guns Trent Taylor, Lachlan McGrady, Deacon Sankey, Daniel Kelly and Shuaib Rhodes-Swain.
Sankey and Rhodes-Swain have been "surprise packets" for the MSFD side while the likes of Brett Jarrett and Matt Wilson will be controlling forces.
Wilson could be a key man, if Blanch's about-to-be brother-in-law Tom Woolaston is any judge.
Woolaston had a run for the Shay Brennan Constructions side last Saturday, scoring a try and thoroughly enjoying himself.
"It's a great concept," he said of the WEG 9s.
"Never played 9s before but I have enjoyed playing with Cody [Tickle] and the boys. They are all a good bunch of blokes."
