Lavington has named boom midfielder Shaun Mannagh for Saturday's top of the table away clash against Albury, subject to his availability.
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Mannagh's primary club is VFL outfit Richmond, where he's played his last four club games.
If the 21-year-old is unavailable for the O and M blockbuster, Kai Davies will take his place.
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Meanwhile, Lavington big man Brant Dickson will return from 10 weeks out with an AC joint injury.
The representative key position player injured his shoulder in the round one win over Wodonga.
"It was about what I expected it was going to be," Dickson said when quizzed if he was expecting to miss that long.
Representative on-baller Tom Hargreave will also return after he suffered tightness in his quad prior to the club's last game against Myrtleford a fortnight ago.
Albury will welcome back Ben Kelly from the Murray Bushrangers, while another Bushie in Paddy Parnell will debut.
All tomorrow's games are a repeat of round two, where Myrtleford hammered Wodonga by 87 points.
"We're going to try and take a little bit away from them in terms of rebounding pretty strongly from half-back and getting on top around the ball," Wodonga coach Zac Fulford said.
The Bulldogs will host Myrtleford.
And Corowa-Rutherglen will be home to Wangaratta Rovers, who snapped a 19-match losing streak with a 62-point caning of the Roos.
"We've started well, we were up at quarter time against Lavington, we were up against Wodonga Raiders at the same time, so the first halves have been good, so it's more about stretching that out closer to four quarters," coach Marc Almond said.
The Roos will start underdogs, but want an upset for 100-gamer Joe Hansen, who started at Corowa's Auskick.
Wangaratta's Mat Grossman (sore) and Josh Porter (unavailable) will miss the home game against North Albury, with Xavier Wales and Fletcher Ramage to debut.
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