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ORANGE City are confident they can keep their winning streak going when they face Dubbo Kangaroos in the Blowes Menswear Cup major semi-final this Saturday.

The Lions blitzed Emus 21-6 in last week’s qualifying semi-final but Orange City coach Paul Kennedy said his side would need to improve their line-out on Sunday in order to maintain possession of the ball against the competition leaders.

The Lions mentor said he is planning to make a few positional changes to the side and earmarked hooker Chris Senior for a big match.

In the minor semi-final Orange Emus will attempt to bounce back from their loss to City with what coach Murray Reay is predicting will be a comfortable victory over Narromine on Sunday.

ORANGE CITY: 1 Eamon Buckerfield, 2 Chris Senior, 3 Daniel Blandford, 4 Keith Lawson, 5 Matt Dillon (c), 6 Oliver Rickard, 7 Ben Findlay, 8 Duncan Young, 9 James Alexander, 10 Anthony Rusdun, 11 Ben Mills, 12 Sam Coote, 13 Luke Hayes, 14 Bevan Parker, 15 Barton Young. ORANGE EMUS: 1 Matt Findlay (c), 2 Oliver Raferty, 3 Shaun Trotter, 4 Chris Hayes, 5 Ben Parkes, 6 Scott Udy, 7 Luke Turner, 8 Jack Hart, 9 Troy Harmer, 10 Will Oldham, 11 Wicus Naude, 12 Nick Longmore, 13 David Selwood, 14 Josh Healy, 15 Ed Hadisly.

SECOND GRADE

ORANGE Emus coach Trent Auld said his team is riding the wave of confidence they created for themselves with a resounding 29-5 Blowes Menswear Cup elimination semi-final win over Dubbo Rhinos last weekend.

Auld said the the win put his side in good shape for their minor semi-final with Dubbo Kangaroos, the Emus mentor predicting a tight but comfortable victory in Narromine on Sunday.

ORANGE EMUS: 1 Mitch Rodwell, 2 Dave Ash, 3 Ross Fletcher, 4 Shaun McGarity, 5 Matt Whitten, 6 Andy Bartimote, 7 Mick Wallace, 8 Pete Bell, 9 Gus Lambel, 10 Charlie Sullivan, 11 Luke Thorley, 12 Matt Hawk, 13 Owen Thomas, 14 James Whitaker, 15 Andrew Barlow.

THIRD GRADE

THE Orange Emus third grade side have been forced to make several changes to their line-up for their Blowes Menswear Cup minor semi-final clash with Bathurst Bulldogs this Sunday, after losing key players to injury and unavailability.

Six players will be unavailable for the side this week.

Despite the myriad of changes, Ruddy is confident his team will get the job done against Bathurst.

ORANGE EMUS: 1 Drew Bale, 2 Steve Nicholls, 3 Damien Northey, 4 Geoff Potts, 5 Matt Greatbatch, 6 Stu Brisbane, 7 Frazer Pigot, 8 Derek Scott (c), 9 Lee Cornish, 10 Trent Auld, 11 Hamish Crawford, 12 Dave Powell, 13 Reg Henderson, 14 Coby Delaney, 15 Mark Stevens.