While the Rovers bring winning form to the contest having ground out a result against Picola United in an elimination final a fortnight back, the Saints will be hurting from a disappointing qualifying final performance against Strathmerton in which they fell by 24 points.
Berrigan has now lost three of its past seven games after starting the season 9-1 and will be keen to get injured players back into the line-up, with Harley Middleton, Angus Coldwell and Trent Osborne some of the talents that missed the Bulldogs match-up.
But while the Saints have not played their best football in recent weeks, they do boast an impressive win against the Rovers this season, having knocked them off by 35 points in round one.
After his side's 37-point win against United, Rovers coach Josh Bode told the Pastoral Times the effort had been exactly what he had demanded.
‘‘The weather turned it into a real scrap and a real dog-fight, but we were up for it the whole day,’’ Bode said.
‘‘The contested footy was just off the chain. The effort and the tackling pressure was there.
‘‘It really typified how we’ve been going over the last six weeks."
The Rovers enter the game off a two-week break compared with Berrigan's one, important in freshening up their players, particularly gun Djaran Whyman who missed his side's last game with a hamstring.
And while their most recent win was their first finals triumph since 2008, Bode said the job was not done yet.
‘‘The outside noise away from this group will be that this is our second finals win in 25 years and our first in 10 years," he said.
‘‘It’s a big achievement, but within this group all that means nothing. All it means is that we get one more opportunity to play as a team in a couple of weeks time.
‘‘Everything going forward now is just another step for another opportunity.’’
The winner will take on Waaia in a preliminary final with the winner headed to the big dance.
