The Wolves finished an admirable second after dropping their final two games of the season to both CSU teams.

It was a disappointing finish having sat on top of the league until the second last game of the regular season.

Come Sunday however, positions on the table will mean nothing when they travel to Bathurst to play a red-hot CSU White.

After beating the Wolves two weeks ago, the students continued their minor premiership winning form by hammering Colts 8-1 on the weekend, and given their recent form and home ground advantage, head into the clash as favourites. 

The Wolves on the other hand are coming off a forfeit against Cowra, but according to goalkeeper Craig Mitchell it’s given the side a chance to freshen up.

“We’re full strength,” he said.

“We’ve got over all our niggling injuries and also had one three or four week injury but everyone is now back as far as I know.

“We all got a rest in and now everyone is keen to right what went wrong two weeks ago.”

Mitchell and his side know that they face a huge task if they’re going to beat CSU White for the first time this year.

“They were handy when they were over here,” he said.

“Any team that can put eight goals in (against Colts) is doing the rights things.

“We’ll look to sharpen up a little more than what we did at the back two weeks ago and hopefully get the job done.”

There’s no doubt that CSU troubled the Wolves back four two weeks ago, but Mitchell said his side are confident they can contain the likes of Ollie Briggs and Lachlan Cooper, who have been in top form up front for the Whites in recent weeks.

“There wasn’t a huge amount that we did wrong I don’t think, credit to the players we went up against, they did some very good things,” he said.

“Our guys just need to be a little bit more match aware and know what to do in different situations throughout the game.

“We felt we were a little bit hard done by with their second goal, but we need to move on from that an deal with it if it happens again.”

CSU White coach Leigh Stutchbury said his side will be wary of a wounded Wolves side.

“We had an epic battle against Mudgee a couple of weeks ago and this Sunday will be no different,” he said. 

“They will be stinging from their two losses against university sides so I expect them to come out all guns blazing.

“It will take a positive attitude, self belief and a whole lot of spirit to win this one.”

The Wolves haven’t exactly been setting the scoreboard alight in recent weeks, but their game against CSU showed that they are still creating a lot of chances up front.

“We’re consistently creating and have been week-in-week-out all year, it’s just a matter of getting that final ball in the right spot,” Mitchell said.

“The boys will put four or five in one week and we’ll be unstoppable.

“We have a very handy attacking weapon in Daniel Lowe who was missing that week against CSU so that will help as well.”

Although this weekend is not do-or-die for the Wolves, a win will see them advance straight to the grand final and earn a week off to once again freshen up.

If they can tighten up their defence and continue to create chances with the likes of James Ford, Daniel Lowe and Matt Cremona up front, the Wolves will be confident they can upset the new competition favourites this weekend.