Sia Nemani loving his second year as a Lion

The 30-year-old prop is flying high after his side's come-from-behind win over Kangaroos but knows things will only get tougher on Saturday at Cowra Rugby Ground.

"I watched the game and I thought Cowra destroyed Forbes in the scrum," Nemani said.

"Our forward pack's in for a tough game and we're all going to need to be ready."

"Their backs are solid but I feel like that's where we can win the game. Mahe Fangupo was really good against them last week."

Nemani was one of the rugby league boys who came to Lions at the start of 2020, but unlike the others who departed, the Kiwi decided to stick around.

"I felt like I owed the boys another year after we came so close last season," he said.

"The transition over has been really good. When I first started, I was getting destroyed in the scrum but Viv [Paasi] and Andy [Hillan] really helped me."

Not only will Nemani need to make sure the forward pack performs well in the scrum, he touched on another area that Paasi highlighted this week at training.

"Our forwards were running with a lot of daylight between each other last week." he said.

"We need to start running in pairs and supporting each other. We just kept losing the ball."

The Lions could consider themselves lucky to be in the winner's column after such a scratchy start in round one.

But, when all seemed lost at half-time, their coach gave them the motivation they needed.

"We started so slowly last week but Viv gave us a grilling and everyone woke up," he said.

He plans to play for City all season but Nemani has also signed with Hawks for the Group 10 campaign and whenever he can, is keen to play with the Twoblues.

Hawks travel to Lithgow for a Saturday game in round one but Nemani should be available for a host of Hawks games later in the year.

"I'm 30 now so it's my last rodeo," he laughed.

"I've got to try to win something."

City will run out an unchanged line-up from last week's victory.

Forbes are set to bring Alex Webster into the fullback spot while Navitali Bola will move back to the wing. Zane Southwell has been left out of the backline.

As for the forwards, Evan Stanbridge is set to come in for Tom Cummins at prop.

The game kicks off at 3.15pm from Cowra Rugby Ground.

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