Gunnedah will swap one Brown for another when they host Inverell on Saturday.
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Red Devils coach Jason Waerea said the side is looking forward to playing their first home game of the season.
The backline remains largely unchanged from the side that drew with Narrabri 10-all last week to kick off their 2018 campaign.
In the pack open side breakaway Jeremy Brown replaces brother Dan Brown, who is expected to miss the game through injury.
Jeremy was a consistent member of the first grade squad in 2016 but missed most of last year due to travel and work commitments.
“He is a top class loose forward and adds some solid offence and defence at the breakdown and is tireless around the field,” Waerea said.
Issac Scholes also comes into the side at prop and is eager to run around.
“With a game under our belt we will target our high error rates and look to reorganise at the breakdown and ruck execution,” Waerea said.
“We were a little rusty last week and just failed to maintain our composure under fatigue.”
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Waerea identified the Highlanders midfield as a strength.
“After they notched up 24 points against Walcha we will need to be sharp to hold them out wide,” he said.
“Our scrum is solid and our pack is looking forward to the set piece contest.”
It will be a full day of action at Gunnedah Rugby Park with four grades starting with under-19s at 11.45am.