THE Queanbeyan Whites

head to Griffith Oval

tomorrow to face off

against Easts as they look

for their third straight win

to start the year.

Easts have been somewhat

of a bogey side for

Queanbeyan over the last

few years, and despite his

team's strong start to the

season, coach Glen Christini

expects a bruising

encounter.

''It'll be very physical up

front, they usually rip into

us with everything they've

got - they're very tough at

the breakdown,'' Christini

said.

''We've gone to Griffith

before thinking we should

be winning and come away

with nothing. ''

After downing Gungahlin

by five points in the first

round of this year's competition,

Easts lost to Wests

in a 42-40 thriller last

weekend.

The Whites sent a chilling

warning to the rest of

the competition on

Saturday when they

recorded a 41-7 points victory

over the Tuggeranong

Vikings.

Christini further

enhanced his team's

standing when he

indicated there was still

plenty of room for

improvement.

''If we perform like we're

performing now in August

it's not quite going to be

enough, we need to keep

improving and staying on

top of things,'' he said.

''There were aspects of

our game on Saturday that

were average, our lineouts

were poor and some of our

finishing was sub-

standard, we probably

blew about four or five tries

that could have and should

have been scored.

''We've given ourselves a

really good opportunity to

get ahead of the pack.''