Lismore face the enormous task of defeating Casino on their own ground in the final match of the 2019 Far North Coast Rugby Union season.

Casino scored 81 at Bangalow last Saturday, 40 against Southern Cross University Gold Rats the Saturday before and 43 against Grafton in Round 15 and 45 against Ballina in Round 14.

"We are right up against it," Taylor said. "We will be aiming to minimise the damage and try not to have a ridiculous score against us that will leave a sour taste in the mouth."

Taylor has lost some of his best starting XV and was still trying to find players to fill positions this afternoon.

Junior Representative forward Dylan Tulk has a haematoma while half-back Willie Fairweather broke his hand playing again Ballina on August 6, yet played against Lennox Head last Saturday and even went to training on Tuesday. However, it was so swollen that Fairweather eventually had an x-ray which revealed he had broken a bone in Tahis hand. Hooker Cam Bryant and Ben Carroll also have injuries meaning they cannot make the trip tomorrow.

The Casino match will also see James Grubb play his last match for Lismore.

"It has been good to have James around. He has that bit of experience that is good to have in a team. He has done well," said Taylor.

Taylor also praised Tyler Coveney, who burst into the first XV towards the end of last season.

"Tyler has played every game and he does not have a bad game," he said.

Taylor said the side had improved as the season progressed but the consistency needed only comes from being at training.

"if we were winning every game everyone would be at training, but we are not and that is the problem which will not be solved unless the players give more at training. You cannot suddenly start winning without training," he said.

Provisional teams: Casino: 1. Craig Connelly, 2. Ben Collison, 3. Scott Kenny, 4. Callum McLennan, 5. Marcus Cusack, 6. Elliott Birmingham, 7. Carl Tahatu, , 8. Ratu Vio Batibasaga, 9. Stephen Murchie (c), 10. Nick Armstrong, 11. Jacob Dunn, 12. Josef Lalabalavu , 13. Harrison Cusack, 14. Nick Benn, 15. Wilson Lovokuro

Lismore: 1. Greg Martin, 2. Jathan Von Bratt, 3. tba, 4. Gavin Tulk (c), 5. John Lowe, 6. Tyler Coveney, 7. Isaac McLean, 8. Angus MacDougall, 9. Jack Everingham, 10. tba, 11. Sam Nilon, 12. James Grubb, 13. Jake Lennon, 14, Perry Daly, 15. Andrew Sky

Other Far North Coast Rugby Union Round 18 matches

Southern Cross University: 1. Mitch Bird, 2. Isaac Penfold, 3. Pat Kelly, 4. Dean Buchanan, 5. Riley Spencer, 6. Michael McMullen, 7. Kirk Taylor-Brown, 8. Matt Murray, 9. Matt Anderson (c), 10. Will Hawkins, 11. Rhys Harrison, 12. Matt McMullen, 13. Jake Henry, 14. Cale Spencer, 15. Mick Connors

Byron Bay: 1. Jordan Elliott, 2. Dan Morgan, 3. Duane Pakai, 4. Ed Randall, 5. Will Aisake(c), 6. Cooper Lau, 7. Erik Rademacher, 8. Courtney Raymond, 9. Tom Brooks, 10. Peter Gillespie, 11. Mark Howard, 12. Owain Roberts, 13. Jascha Saeck, 14. James Boozer, 15. Blake Whittakar

Bangalow: 1. Aniri Whewell, 2. Nick Jones (c), 3. Neil Moran, 4. Rob Wrightman, 5. Jock Craigie, 6. Jack Bensley, 7. John Turagabeci, 8. David Johnson, 9. Rowan Ozols, 10. Ben Farrow, 11. Sam Campbell, 12. Daniel Hill, 13. Kye Spence, 14. Benson

Lockyer, 15. Jed Erickson

Wollongbar Alstonville: 1. Matt Wright, 2. Bill Johnston, 3. Brandon Whitney, 4. Matt Scott, 5. Andrew Ross, 6. Nick Pennisi, 7. Justyn Keir, 8. Hamish Mould, 9. Louis Hollman, 10. Ben Damen (c), 11. Vincent Chee, 12. Franklin Calugay, 13. Matt Nean, 14. James Vidler, 15. Sam Kerry

Grafton: 1. Jack Anderson, 2. Zac Mason-Gale , 3. Dan Blackman (vc), 4. Rhys Nelson, 5. Declan Collie, 6. Billy Whalan, 7. Tom Tanner, 8. Ed McGrath, 9. Dom Bullock, 10. Kyle Hancock(c), 11. Ryan Spies, 12. Luke Worthing, 13. Keaton Ingram, 14. James Fairweather, 15. Adam Smidt

Ballina: 1. Isaac Pratten, 2. Hayden Warneke, 3. Callum Turner, 4. Jakob O'Connor, 5. Marcus Lees, 6. Brad Brown (c), 7. Luke Kliese, 8. Stan Lolohea, 9. Nick Watson, 10. Beau Clarke, 11. Leigh Foster, 12. Anthony Lolohea, 13. Romulo Leweniqila, 14. Nat Hooper, 15. Tom Watson

Lennox Head: 1. Angus Langfield, 2. Brad McGouldrick, 3. Jacob Carter, 4. Kurt Orlanno, 5. Callum Jones, 6. John Young, 7. Sean Watkins, 8. Mackenzie Winchester, 9. Abe Goldsmith, 10. Hugo Marks, 11. Martin McNamara, 12. Billy Goldsmith, 13. Callum S Jones, 14. Rhys Tatum, 15. Sam Fitzgerald

Casuarina Beach: 1. Robert Beacroft, 2. Trent Ryan, 3. Chris Guest, 4. Chris Dowling, 5. Elisio Tagidrau, 6. Timoci Rokosuka, 7. Ross Colvin, 8. Matt Worland, 9. Webb Lillis, 10. Vitori Buatava, 11. Kai George, 12. Rian Olivier, 13. Hiroshi Takeyama , 14. Graham Dodge, 15. Casey Calder

Points score coming into final round: Wollongbar Alstonville 82, Ballina 68, Casuarina Beach 62, Lennox Head 54, Casino 49, Grafton 45, Byron Bay 35, Southern Cross University 21, Lismore 19, Bangalow 12

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