Three weeks without a win has set up a nervous final three rounds for Walbundrie.
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After entering the Christmas break at 6-3, the Tigers are yet to taste victory in the New Year and find themselves essentially playing for survival.
The cancellation of last wekeend's matches due to heat saw Walbundrie share the points with nearest rivals Lockhart, who sit just three points adrift in seventh spot.
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However, only a game-and-a-half separates second to seventh, with second-placed TRYC awaiting the Tigers this weekend.
"The Rock are a really good side and have beaten Rand twice this year, so the key is to get their top players out early," Walbundrie president Mason Collins said.
Collins and Blake Lieschke are both out, but Luke Fox and Nick Morris are back.
Henty and Osborne face off, leaders Rand take on third-placed Walla, Lockhart faces Brock-Burrum, while Culcairn can move off the bottom with victory against Holbrook.