And then there were four. 

Despite falling to their fourth straight loss, Northern Suburbs remained in the hunt to book a spot in a third grand final in four years thanks to Eastwood’s win over Easts. 

They face a red hot Sydney Uni side on Saturday. The Students have made one change to their side with former Brumbies utility back James Dargaville replacing Will McDonnell at inside centre. 

The Shoreman have made two changes, with Lawrance Hunting returning to the Norths starting side at prop. Lock Connor Vest will miss the preliminary final, forcing a reshuffle in the back five. 

Hugh Sinclair will start at lock with Patrick Tafa named at No.8. 

Eastwood and Warringah will both take confidence into their preliminary final following impressive wins last weekend. 

Woodies winger Kiti Ratu will miss Saturday’s clash and will be replaced by James Sarks, while Hamish Angus returns to the Warringah starting side fresh off winning a third Catchpole Medal this week. 

In a super day of rugby, the two preliminary finals will be played back to back at North Sydney Oval from 1:10pm on Saturday ahead of the Wallabies Bledisloe Cup clash against the All Blacks at 5:30pm. 

Sydney University v Northern Suburbs

Sydney University (1-15)

Harry Johnson-Holmes, Tom Horton, Chris Talakai, Lachlan Swinton, David McDuling, Nicholas Champion de Crespigny, Josh Kemeny, Rohan O’Reagan, Jake Gordon, Ben Hughes, James Kane, James Dargaville, Guy Porter, Harry Potter, Tim Clements.

Northern Suburbs (1-15)

Andrew Tuala, Sam Kitchen, Lawrance Hunting, Hugh Sinclair, Nick Palmer, Michael Wells, Will Miller, Patrick Tafa, Michael Dowsett, Angus Sinclair, Lachie Creagh, Jack Lindsay, Nathan Russell, Richie Woolf, Harry Burey. 

Eastwood v Warringah

Eastwood (1-15)

Dean Doumbos, Ed Craig, Rob Lagudi, James Neale, Rhys Allen, Michael Icely, Pots Tupai, Pat Sio, Mick Snowden, Tayler Adams, James Sarks, Nox Muliufi, Barton Picone, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Jackson Bird

Warringah (1-15)

Rory O’Connor, Robert Kelly, Faavae Sila, Matt Foulds, Sam Thomson, Ru MacKenzie, Boyd Killingworth, Sam Ward, Josh Holmes, Hamish Angus, Harry Jones, Tyson Davis, Ben Woolett, Ben Marr, Liam Windon