By MARK CASHMAN

Mention Randwick and Coogee Oval in the one sentence to Eastern Suburbs coach Pauli Taumoepeau in the ‘Battle of the East’ week and you can feel the tension and the anticipation coming down the line.

You see it’s been pretty slim picking for the Beasties in Taumoepeau’s time in the chair at Woollahra Oval, despite the fact that the last time these two side came together it was an absolute carve up in Easts’ favour.

That was Round 13 last year and with the finals beckoning the very next week Easts ran in a whole heap of tries in an 81-24 win at Woollahra.