What is certain is that he will still be without regular hooker Willie Royal who is suspended and back up Raniera Whakataka who is with the Bay of Plenty Academy side in Samoa.
"Tonight we'll see how the injuries are and what sort of team we can field," he said. "We
won't be at full strength, but we'll just power on."
Francis is expecting another tough battle.
"Saturday's game was pretty physical and it's going to be a pretty hard one to turn around for another physical battle because Paroa are another physical team up front but we've just got to get up off the canvas."
Having to rearrange the game to an evening fixture, though, means Rotoiti have had to give up home advantage with the game moved to a ground with lights.
"It's a neutral ground, but we'd much rather play it at home."
Next Saturday is the Rotorua derby at Emery Park.
