By JON GEDDES

Warringah centre Tyson Davis will be playing for a lot more than vital competition points in the big battle of the peninsula against arch-rivals Manly at Rat Park on Saturday – he will honouring the memory of one of his best mates.

The local derby will be the annual match paying tribute to the late Lachie Ward, who tragically passed away after collapsing while playing a fifth grade game for Warringah against Gordon at Rat Park on June 10, 2017, aged just 24.

“That memorial game is one of the most important games of the year,” Davis said.

“And it does justice landing on the biggest game of the year so far.”