By MARK CASHMAN

Manly Marlins negotiated a “hairy one” last weekend when they squeaked home against the Western Sydney Two Blues but they know that they will have to dust off their A game when they take on Sydney Uni on Saturday.

The Marlins travel to Camperdown knowing that there has been great joy and even greater heartbreak at Uni’s home ground.

They beat Uni the week before the finals last year only to get overwhelmed in the one v six qualifying final a week later at the same ground.

Marlins boss Matt McGoldrick said: “To beat them our basics will need to be better than theirs for longer periods and we need to compete harder than them.”

BJ Hartmann comes into flyhallf for the injured Sam Lane and McGoldrick has every confidence in the handy utility back.

“BJ will be fine, he’s a team man, a great teammate,” McGoldrick added.

Uni are fresh from their 36-27 win over Warringah in the Week One match of the round and coach Michael Hodge says this one is far from a “gimme”.

“Manly is always a challenging match up and they always have a lot of experience in their side,” Hodge said.

“We know how dangerous Manly are on turnover over ball and will take points if we let them into the game. It’s a big game. Important game for us. We’ll be up!

“It’s our first home game of the year and they actually beat us at home last year and on top of all that we will be defending the Sir Roden Culter Shield.

The only change to the Uni starting side is the inclusion of James Kane who comes in for the injured Sevens flyer Matt Hood.

A game worthy of television coverage that’s for sure!

SYDNEY UNI (1-15):

Thomas Osborne, Patrick O’Doherty, Darcy Breen, Luke Porter, Patu Rotuisolia, Nick Champion De Crespigny, Hugh Summerhayes, Rohan O’Regan, Banjo Travers, Connor O’Shea, James Kane, Will McDonnell, Henry Clunies-Ross, Ofa Manuofetoa, Tim Clements.

MANLY MARLINS (1-15):

Alefosio Tatola, James Hilterbrand, Conor Davidson, Van Stewart, Alex Dalzell, Harry Bergelin, Max Douglas, Daniel Alley, Adam Crerar, BJ Hartmann, Michael Adams, Hutana Coffin, Dennis Pili-Gaitau, Yool Yool, James Ohmsen.