St Johns Club Whanganui Metro is in a luxurious position one week out from the Manawatu McDonald's Colts division final in Palmerston North.
The sole Whanganui team in the competition has already qualified for the final and plays bottom of the table Kia Toa at te Kaierau Country Club on Saturday with kick-off at 1pm.
Kia Toa has yet to win a match in round two of the competition and while Metro co-coaches Darryl Malcolm and Carl Gibson are not taking the match lightly, they do have the luxury of playing reserves, resting key players and practicing what they preach.
"The aim all season has been to develop the players and we have already been successful at that," Malcolm said.
"Each game we have tried to carry out the things we've talked about and trained for on practice nights and that's what we need to do again this weekend. We have already qualified for the final, so it doesn't matter what the outcome is against Kia Toa on Saturday. But I want the guys to feel they have done their best and carried out the things we've talked about anyway."
Malcolm said the mindset within the squad was great coming off last weekend's bye and the players believed they could win the competition.