Emus' premiership-winning five-eighth Adam Perri returns for BrothersIVBrothers extravaganza

Last year Knox Old Boys ran away with the clash, which is the focal point of the BrothersIVBrothers' regional crusade that raises funds for Western Care Lodge and the Orange Hospital's clinical trial program, outclassing the greens to eventually win 47-24 in a hard-fought battle under Endeavour Oval's bright lights.

With the likes of former Intrust Super Shute Shield stars Hamish McGilvray and Hamish Bayliss, who'll both play again, leading the charge the Sydney-based club never made any secret of their desire to win, but even with former Wallaby Scott Staniforth in their side the greens undeniably underestimated that.

Not this year though, not with the side Emus Legends manager and fullback Graydon Staniforth has named.

"Oh yeah, we got beaten up a little bit last year, we maybe should've picked a slightly younger side," Staniforth laughed.

"Obviously we're doing it for charity so the result isn't the main thing but there is a trophy up for grabs and the Knox boys won't want to give it up, so we definitely want to win, hopefully that could spur a third and deciding Test too.

"That'd be great for the cause and make a big difference in the region, so we've picked a pretty red-hot side to try and make that happen."

Red-hot is right, the 24-strong Emus Legends group is a relative who's who of the club's recent Blowes Clothing Cup dynasty, with no less than 18 who have tasted premiership success in the last five years, whether in the top or lower grades.

Outside that group there's no lack of class either though, with the likes of former NSW and Queensland Country rep John Ellis - now propping down for Narromine - turning out too.

Among those premiership winners though is firebrand five-eighth Adam Perri, who tasted title success in 2015 and will direct traffic in a particularly spicy backline, which will also include Staniforth, Tim Alison, Carter Hirini, AJ Sykes, Matt Clark and former NSW Country ace Nik Granger.

"It's a fair old backline we'll have, I'm not really sure whether I qualify for the 'Legend' tag but I'll take it," Perri, a fuzzy-wuzzy, firebrand playmaker known for his complete lack of self-preservation defensively, laughed.

"Last year was good fun and I'm looking forward to this weekend too. I still try and get back to watch whenever I can but it's good to come back and have a run as well.

"It's such a good cause, it's a great thing to be a part of."

Along with the star-studded backline Emus Legends will boast plenty of power through their forward pack, with 2017 Blowes Clothing Cup player-of-the-year Andrew Selwood, former Australian Schoolboy Shane Udy and former NSW and Queensland Country prop John Ellis, who's now playing for Narromine, in the pack.

"I reckon that forward pack should be able to provide us a bit of room to move, we might be able to put on a bit of a show with some space," Perri, a former NSW Country Colt, said.

The Legends game kicks off around 5pm, following Emus' final-round local derby against Orange City.

The game will be followed by the BrothersIVBrothers Rock For A Cure function in the Endeavour Oval clubhouse, which will feature Rennie and the Jets on the music and a number of auctions and raffles.