The Rangers Barber Cup side will be chasing a bonus point victory in this Saturday’s clash with UQ Gatton at Woodend Park, to secure the Minor Premiership.

Their final home game of the year, also marks the end of the ‘home and away’ season, and a bonus point win for the Rangers over their western neighbours, who they defeated 29-7 in their only other clash this season, will see the Ipswich club finish the regular season on top of the table.

Going into this weekend, the Rangers side (48pts) sits one point clear of rivals Wynnum (47pts).

“We’ve been building nicely, especially throughout the second half of this season, and a Minor Premiership would be a great reward for all of the hard work” commented Head Coach Michael McLean.

“The job’s not done yet though, and my expectation is that the boys will be just as committed to this weekend’s result as they have been over recent weeks” McLean continued.

Eight wins, from their last eight starts has the Rangers Barber Cup side peaking at exactly the right time of the year.

Such has been the dominance of the Rangers and Wynnum sides in this year’s Barber Cup competition that, irrespective of this weekend’s results, these two sides will square off against one another the following weekend in the ‘Major Semi-Final’, being hosted by Wynnum.

All three senior Rangers sides are playing at home (Woodend Park) this Saturday, as follows:

12.00pm, Scotney Cup: Rangers v GPS
1.30pm, Pegg Cup: Rangers v UQ Gatton
3.00pm, Barber Cup: Rangers v UQ Gatton

In other great news for the Ipswich Rangers Club, a scheduling clash means that the Queensland Rugby Union’s Suburban Preliminary Finals, originally scheduled for Ballymore, will now be played at Woodend Park, Ipswich on Saturday 7th August.

“This is a great result, for rugby union moving forward in the Ipswich area” commented Rangers President Damian Roche.