HARDEN Hawks captain coach Luke Brown is quietly confident the Hawks can take the Binalong Brahmans this Saturday when they meet in the semi finals of the George Tooke Shield at Binalong.
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The Hawks ended the season in second place on the ladder and are hoping to defeat Binalong so they can have a home ground grand final.
Before last weekend the Hawks were sitting in third place on the ladder, a point behind Yass.
However, with Harden's impressive 56/12 win over the Boorowa Rovers on the weekend and Binalong defeating Yass 20/4, Harden managed to get back into second spot.
The Hawks best players against Boorowa were Chris Beal, Adam Byrne, Brent Turner and Daniel Drew.
Luke said the Hawks would be at full strength this weekend for the first time in many weeks and while some players were carrying little injuries there was nothing major to worry about.
The last time they played Binalong the Hawks lost 14/8 but had five of their regular players out.
He said he had heard the rumors that Binalong's playmaker Chris Rawlinson would be out with a broken hand following the game against Boorowa.
While Rawlinson would be a big loss to Binalong, he said he would not believe anything until he sees the team run out.
The Hawks play at 3pm. Before they run onto the field Yass will play Bungendore.
The George Tooke Shield women's touch starts at 11.30am with the Hawkettes playing Bungendore and then the Yass Girlpies will play the Binalong Jersey Girls, who took out the minor premiership.
