The two sides will meet at Trevor Barker Beach Oval from 1.15pm in round eight of the competition.

• Ladder – Geelong (7-0), Northern (7-0), Sandringham (5-2), Eastern (5-2), GWV Rebels (4-3), Murray (3-3-1), Gippsland (3-3-1), Dandenong (2-5), Oakleigh (2-5), Calder (1-6), Bendigo (1-6), Western (1-6).

Bendigo Pioneers

B: G. Murley, 24. E. Gretgrix, 32. S. Reilly

HB: 27. B. Hards, 20. K. Douglass, 3. C. Isaac

C: 12. T. Coad, 28. M.  Williamson, 29. E.  Snell

HF: 26. L. Newton, 8. S. Knoll, T. Shepherd

F: 16. E. Cooper, 17. G. Sladden, 22. M. Ward

R: 25. T. Stewart, 2. M. Baldwin, 19. K. Jacques

Int: 6. M. Curran, 11. J. Finning, T. Goodrem, 5. E. Turnbull

In: T. Shepherd, T. Goodrem, G. Murley

Out: D. Kelly-Guthrie, M. Tupper, G. Barton