The clash will be one of the biggest of the Pickers’ season with both teams vying with Canley Heights for the minor premiership.

The teams also have history, with many of the Pickers’ players making up the Mindaribba Sisters team that have had a number of battles with the Redfern All Blacks in the NSW Aboriginal Knockout competition.

Young said bragging rights as well as competition points would be at stake.

“It’s going to be a really good game,” he said.

“We are the only two rugby league based teams that play in the (NSW Aboriginal) Knockout and they’ve beaten us a couple of times and we’ve beaten them the last two.

“So this game isn’t just for the Pickers, there’s a bit more on the line.

“The girls get on really well on and off the field but there will be a lot of passion there.”

Redfern handed fellow heavyweights Canley Heights their first loss in three years back in round two.

The Sydney team will offer a huge challenge to Maitland who are still adapting to the absence of their captain and dual Australian representative Bec Young.

“You can’t replace Bec, I regard her as one of the best women players I’ve seen,” Young said.

“But as I said to the girls if everyone does their job and we work together that little bit extra we can make up for what we’ll miss.

“We’ve had to learn to be footballers without her and you can see the improvement.”

Young said he would continue to stress the importance of attitude in defence to his team ahead of the important clash.

“We only let in two tries last week but they were both from dummy half, close to the line,” he said. “I spoke to the girls more about pride and not letting them score.

“Defence comes down to attitude and especially against a side like Redfern, if we don’t turn up with the right attitude they’ll put 40 (points) on us.”

Kick off is at 3pm.