Group Seven have won the past two matches against their traditional rivals, including last year’s hard-fought 24-22 victory at Centenary Field.

Players are vying for spots in the Greater Southern Region team that will contest the NSW Country Championships.

‘‘There’s a bit of history between Group 7 and Group 6 and they’re both pretty proud areas when it comes to rugby league,’’ Group 7 coach Peter Hooper said.

‘‘Obviously players from both teams are keen to grab a place in the Greater Southern side, but it’s definitely also about bragging rights. Both teams always go at it pretty hard and this year will be no different.’’

Group 7 have lost players from last year’s winning team, though the majority have returned.

‘‘It looks good,’’ Bulls captain Aaron Henry said.

‘‘We’ve still got the same [number] nine, seven, six and one, so we’ve kept the core blokes there. There’s a few new blokes in there which is exciting, and hopefully they can put their best foot forward. Steve Brandon at five-eighth brings that explosiveness and a bit of unpredictability ... it should be good.’’

While the Bulls are aiming for a third straight victory, Group 6 are hungry to turn the tables.

‘‘We’ve had it the last few years so it’d be nice to keep bragging rights over them,’’ Henry said.

‘‘They’ve got a few ex-NRL players in there like Bryce Gibbs and Ray Cashmere, so we expect a very hard game. They’re a big side and they’ll look to come through the middle early and test us out.’’

Henry hasn’t reached his use-by date yet, but says 2015 might be his final rep campaign.

‘‘It’s slowly getting closer to the end,’’ the 30-year-old said.

‘‘It might be the last year but we’ll see how we go and see how the body holds up.’’

South Coast Group Seven Bulls

1 Joel Roberts, 2 Mitch Simmington, 3 Josh Toohey, 4 Nathan Cooper, 5 Kurt Field, 6 Steve Brandon, 7 Jono Dallas, 8 Harold Snell, 9 Nathan Ford, Damien Paulissen, 11 Lepani Waqa, 12 Aaron Henry (c), 13 Mark Walsh

Bench: 14 Josh Kent, 15 Corey Mulhall, 16 Luke Sutton, 17 Jack Garrett