Padua came into the season with an impressive yet young outfit. But with the likes of Collins, Fordyce and Debortoli in the team, the expectations for this team were still fairly high. The Paduan forward pack may be a small one but is a strong one nonetheless. The key to victory this week is having young Daniel Best stand up. He is an aggressive player with much potential who exels in defensive contact but in recent weeks has lacked the ability to get around the park. If Daniel wants to progress his game to the next level he needs to work on his scrumming push, as against St Peters he continually got popped in the scrum as well as being battered around the ruck. He will need to step up his game this weekend if Padua wants to defeat a strong Lauries squad.