Hawks play Bathurst St Pats in Bathust this Sunday, while CYMS host Mudgee Dragons before the two sides clash in the final round.

CYMS are sitting in fourth, and have to fend off a fast-finishing Mudgee side this weekend, with the Dragons just ahead in a neck-and-neck race with Lithgow gunning for fifth.

Greens coach Mark Jazprizza said while the side was still a chance to slip into the top two, the focus was on building form into finals.

"Our aim at the start of the season was to make the semi-finals so we're hopefully on track for that," he said.

Despite a 20-0 loss at the hands of Bathurst St Pats last week, Jazprizza saw encouraging signs from his troops which he thinks will build over the lead-in to finals over the coming fortnight.

"I thought they played really well against them," he said.

The biggest test for the greens won't be the Dragons, though - it'll be the massive derby against Hawks to finish the season.

"The local derby is always a big one, they've been in the grand final for the past two years and they're a quality side," Jazprizza said.

Should Hawks win after travelling to face Bathurst St Pats this week, that clash would give the sky blues a mathematical chance to jump into the top spot on the ladder - if percentage wasn't an issue.

Unfortunately, it is.

The reigning premiers have a points difference of 422 compared to Hawks' 158, so unless St Pats lose their last two and Hawks win both remaining games the two sides will stay where they are on the ladder.

However, Lyden said his side took it up to St Pats earlier in the year, and he was hoping the side would be able to do the same this week in what could be a grand final preview.

"Every time you play St Pats you know it'll be tough but we took it to them in the first half of the year and we took confidence from that," he said.

He heaped praise on his side's leaders, with the transition from 2018 to 2019 far less bumpy than it could have been with so many moving on after last year's grand final loss.

"It's been good to see the culture we've built as a club has carried on ... but we're determined to win the grand final after losing two in a row," Lyden said.

Hawks take on St Pats from noon on Saturday before their derby next weekend with CYMS at Wade Park, while the greens take on Mudgee before the final-round blockbuster.