Tigers’ co-coach Joel Mackie maintains the club will be ramping up its intensity in the final two home and away rounds against Wangaratta Rovers and Myrtleford.

“We’re trying to settle our team really,” he said.

“Hopefully, Dean (Polo), Michael (Duncan) and Chris Hyde will play against (Wangaratta) Rovers.

“If we can, we really want to get some games into them to settle them back in.

“Look, if we had blokes who were sore over the last few weeks, we’d definitely look at resting them.

“That’s the bonus of having the first week (of finals) off, but, at the same time, we don’t want to flirt with anything, we want to maintain our momentum.”

Polo, Duncan and Hyde were selected last weekend before withdrawing, but are highly likely to take their place in the side against Rovers.

Duncan hasn’t played in seven weeks due to a knee injury, Hyde missed last round with a corked thigh, while Polo hasn’t played since damaging a calf five weeks ago.

Wangaratta Rovers will need their handful of experienced players to stand up with Sam Carpenter, Sean O’Keeffe and Shane Gaston pivotal to their chances of avoiding a blow-out.

The Hawks have been hit hard by injuries in the lower grades with the reserve and third grade line-ups unable to put full sides on the field.

The news gets worse for the visitors with Daniel Cross, Brayden O’Hara and Hyde set to play in the same side for one of the few times this season.

O’Hara is in scorching form after an injury-interrupted start to the season with the left-footer kicking 17 goals in the last six matches.

Cross will benefit from last weekend’s run after missing almost two months and Hyde is favourite to win Albury’s best and fairest.

The Tigers have made a habit of smashing lower-placed teams and Rovers have just the two wins.

The saving grace for the bottom three in their games could be the week’s wet weather.

However, given the outstanding conditions of the Albury Sportsground, it’s the one venue which could resemble a dry track.

It’s also star forward Josh Mellington’s last genuine chance to have a realistic crack at a century of goals in the home and away season.

Mellington has kicked 78 goals in only 10 games and he would need at least 12-14 to give himself any hope of grabbing the rest against Myrtleford in the final round.

Albury boasts a wonderful percentage of 240.31 and it’s hard to believe, with a host of players fighting desperately for their place in the team and a handful of stars looking to find form before finals, the home team won’t push that figure higher.