While the battle of the beaches will steal most of the spotlight this weekend, there are a number of intriguing Shute Shield matches in round seven. Easts host Sydney Uni on Ladies Day and Eastwood play West Harbour in matches that should help fans gauge where teams are at heading into the middle rounds of the season. Southern Districts v Gordon Southern Districts overcame a slow start to steamroll Easts in the closing stages and claim their first win since round one this year. “That gave us a lot of confidence. We haven’t been too far off in all of our games this year but it was still a massive effort to come back from two tries down on two occasions to get what was a much needed win,” Souths coach Matt Barr said. Despite losing four straight matches, Souths have picked up six bonus points so far this year and could jump into the top six with a win over Gordon at home this weekend. Former Scotland U20s No.10 Ben Chalmers will make his run on debut for the Rebel