Fresh off maiden outings in the Illawarra, competition newbies Cronulla Caringbah and De La Salle will face-off in a local derby at Cronulla High School.

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Corrimal will head to Collegians looking for their first win of the season against the reigning premiers who got off to a winning start last week.

Ground unavailability has seen the Thirroul-Wests blockbuster at Gibson Park postponed, while Dapto and Helensburgh's match at Dapto Showground will also be played at a later date.

CRONULLA CARINGBAH V DE LA SALLE - CRONULLA HIGH SCHOOL - 2.40PM

Cronulla Caringbah: Far from disgraced in their first outing of the season against Collegians last week, making more than a game of it before the reigning premiers found another gear late to notch a 30-16 win.

Reece Apolo moves into the centres this week after he escaped suspension with an early guilty plea to a grade-one dangerous throw charge that saw him sent to the sin-bin in the loss to the Dogs.

De La Salle: Will take on their Shire rivals at the top level for the first time in seven years, with a crowd of thousands expected to flock to Cronulla High.

Impressive last week through a 60-minute grind against Corrimal before shooting away in the final quarter for a convincing 34-10 win first up at home. Chaz Jarvis and Logan Aldridge were the pick of the performers.

COLLEGIANS V CORRIMAL - COLLEGIANS SPORTING COMPLEX - 3PM

Collegians: Clunky with the ball against Cronulla Caringbah last week but did enough to get the win after losing skipper Blake Phillips to a send-off with 19 minutes to play.

Former NRL centre Charly Runciman was the key man, scoring a try and laying on the match-winner for Jason Gillard.

The Dogs will be without their captain Phillips this week after he took the early guilty plea to a grade-two dangerous contact charge and copped just the one week ban with a clean record.

Corrimal: Were well in the fight against De La Salle last week but struggled to turn their effort into points.

Stiff back-up task against Collies but Cougars always rise to the occasions against the league heavyweights. An 80-minute effort is a must.

THIRROUL V WESTS - GIBSON PARK 3PM - POSTPONED

Wests: Handbrake pulled on after producing a performance that was the pick of opening round, leading 50-0 before Helensburgh got on the board to bring the final score in to 54-10.

Near faultless, will now need to wait to take on arch-rivals Thirroul.

Thirroul: Missed the jump against Dapto last week, trailing 16-6 at halftime before posting an unanswered 32 points in the second half. New recruits Wayne Bremner and Steve Marsters were superb.

DAPTO V HELENSBURGH - DAPTO SHOWGROUND - 3PM - POSTPONED

Dapto: First outing under new coach, and returning favourite son, Blake Wallace and showed they won't be also rans this season in taking 16-6 cushion into halftime.

Fell away in the second but will still take plenty of confidence from the showing.

Helensburgh: Outgunned and outclassed against Wests last week showing all the impacts of limited preparations on a new-look side.

Harsh to judge on the first-up effort but will be desperate to atone against Cronulla Caringbah in a fortnights' time.

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