Three grand finals are to be played out with each containing a number of stories and number of genuine match winners.

No. 1 Oval, starting from 1pm on Saturday.

The bulk of the attention will be on the first grade match where minor premiers RSL-Colts meet a South Dubbo side aiming to make up for last season, where it lost the decider to Macquarie.

It hasn’t been a smooth lead-in to the final for the Hornets, with Will Lindsay to miss day one due to the fact her is attending a wedding while Justin Knudsen will miss the match all together.

On top of that, Adam Wells has been battling illness this week and even spent some time in hospital.

Despite that, Souths has something other sporting sides strive to achieve – unity and mateship.

The South Dubbo club, and the wider Dubbo community, was rocked late last year when 16-year-old Sam Fraser passed away after drowning in the Macquarie River.

But out of that tragedy the Souths side came together for the Fraser family and also themselves.

“It’s what you have to do in times when a tragedy has happened,” Souths captain Bower said.

“That happening in our lives does reflect how we’ve played together, to a degree, because we’re there for each other on the cricket field and that’s what this club is about.”

The full South Dubbo grand final preview with Mitch Bower, as well as Souths’ grand final team, can be found here.

While unity is a strength for Souths, there is no doubt Bower is key with the captain having piled on more than 500 runs in roughly the past month.

For RSL-Colts, a pair of Englishman find themselves a chance to win a title a very long way from home this weekend.

Greg Buckley is well known to Dubbo cricket having played here for a number of years but this has been the first season in Australia for fellow Manchester boy Jake Caudwell.

“In England if you win the league then you win it all but here it’s intense and the build-up is exciting and I can’t wait to get going,” Caudwell said of the grand final week, with Buckley saying it will be special to step out on the field with his mate.

“It will be nice to play a final with Jake because we’ve lived in the same town but never really played in the same team before so this will be good,” he said.

The full preview with both Buckley and Caudwell, as well as Colts’ grand final lineup, can be found here.

Another key player for RSL-Colts is extrmely talented teenager Marty Jeffrey.

The leg-spinning all-rounder has enjoyed another tremendous season and a grand final victory would be another momentous accolade for the 17-year-old.

And with so much on the line and so many skilled players on show, here are three key battles which will go a long way to deciding the final result.

No. 2 Oval, starting from 1pm on Saturday

RSL-Colts will also be in action in the second grade grand final with the club hopeful of two premierships being won in its momentous 40 year anniversary year.

But it won’t be easy against a Rugby side brimming with confidence and piling on the runs.

The men in sky blue have scored more than 250 the past four times they have batted, leaving captain Glenn Shepherd feeling positive about his side.

“It gives us confidence but its also good everyone had had a hit,” he said after the semi win over CYMS.

“Some sides’ lower orders haven’t had a hit in a while but we’re pretty lucky. We had Garry Goodman at number 11 so we’ve got that extra depth and it might come in handy if the pitch is a bit lively.”

For Colts, the experienced core will again lead the way.

“We’re very lucky in that regard,” opening batsman Matt Keenan said of the fact his side has a number of players who have played first grade in recent times.

“It’s good to have that experience backs in twos and the experience they bring is massive and they can also help the younger fellas coming through.”

Hear more from Keenan in the RSL-Colts grand final preview here.

No. 3 Oval, begins at 1pm on Saturday

The third grade grand final will be the most relaxed and friendly of the three grand finals this weekend but there is still plenty of reason to watch.

Both sides feature a number of older players still getting the job done as well as a handful of extremely promising juniors.

CYMS White won the minor premiership in convincing fashion but was stunned by Rugby Red in the major semi.

“Last time was a good game of cricket but we’ll be ready this time,” CYMS White captain Marty Nelson said.

“Last time it was different on turf and it was good to have that one more week to change the mentality a bit because before we thought we could play like we did on synthetic.”

One of the big things for both Nelson and Munro, someone the CYMS skipper describes as “fantastic”, is the fact they are helping so many young players come into senior cricket.

Nelson spoke about plenty leading in to the final and the full preview can be found here.