Roos v Bears - Round 11: Sides meet at Jubilee Oval on Sunday | Group 4

The Roos - fifth in the ladder four points behind fourth-placed Moree - might be missing a few key players for the match but they will have a good side ready to repel a Bears push for a top-two spot.

"We are looking forward to the challenge," Boggabri coach Shane Rampling said.

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"They haven't been out here since 2018 and we'll give them a good welcoming committee.

"They have aspirations to finish in the top two and we've got to win this to be any chance of making the four. We also have to hope Dungowan can do us a favour and roll Moree too."

The Roos have named a strong side, although Jack Gillham and Kaylan Murray are both missing, away on holidays.

"Josh [Trindall] is back, though, and will play halfback [instead of Murray] with Ray Goodwin at five-eighth," Rampling said.

"Ray's done a good job there with Josh out, but having him [Trindall] back is a massive boost for us. He played well off the bench last week [a 22-16 loss to Narrabri].

"We can also gain a bit of inspiration from Gunnedah too. They led Norths 10-0 early and they say they could have quite easily beat them.

"So that gives us a bit of confidence but we have to be smart and control the ball."

Boggabri beat Gunnedah 24-22 in round eight.

Rampling said prop Kevin Nolan will give his Roos plenty of energy for the round 11 clash after being handed a starting role while Kyle Capper has dropped back to the bench, mainly because he has picked up a new job which includes night shifts that makes it impossible for him to get to training.

Rampling said Mitch Fletcher fits easily into Jack Gillham's centre position. He hopes Fletcher can continue to add to his try-scoring tally.

That Nic Millar is right to go again is also a boost.

"He's an almost 80-minute prop," Rampling said of his forward leader.

Millar's joust with North Tamworth prop Tom Woolaston could be a highlight of the match.

Boggabri: Isaiah Adams, 2 Connor Fordham, 3 Robert Doolan, 4 Mitch Fletcher, 5 Rowan Keeler, 6 Ray Goodwin, 7 Josh Trindall, 8 Nic Millar, 9 Matt Gillham (c), 10 Kevin Nolan, 11 Matt Avendano, 12 Aaron Hobden, 13 Jack Hayes, 14 Kyle Capper, 15 Nick Lyons, 16 Karl Morgan, 17 TBA. Coach: Shane Rampling.

North Tamworth: 1 Zac Coleman, 2 Tevita Peceli, 3 Jake McManus, 4 Peceli Ratudrada, 5 Amachai Roberts, 6 Scott Blanch (c), 7 Mitch Sheridan, 8 Ben Jarvis, 9 Ryan Ingram, 10 Tom Woolaston, 11 Dan Kelly, 12 Josh Schmiedel, 13 Mark Simon, 14 Liam Ball, 15 James Cooper, 16 Jeremy York, 17 Jake Bennett. Coach: Brad McManus.

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