There's no doubt the Wiradjuri Goannas have been the best team in the Western Women's Rugby League opens division this season.
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But captain Amy Townsend isn't focused on previous results or the side's eye-catching for-and-against figures, she's focused on the desire and mateship within her team side in the lead-up to Saturday's grand final clash with the Panorama Platypi.
"It would mean more than anything," Townsend said of claiming the title.
"That's not to say we deserve it more than them because they've put in the hard yards as well.
"But we just want it more.
"We're not turning up expecting to win by 50 in a grand final. We know they're going to turn up and bring their A-game and we've got to be firing from the start, like we have done all season."
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Making the day more special for the Goannas is the under 15s side will also play in a grand final while the lcuib's under 18s will play a semi-final.
The under 18s grand final is played a week later as a curtain-raiser to the Penrith Panthers' clash with the North Queensland Cowboys at Bathurst's Carrington Park.
"Kaitlyn Mason has done a brilliant job with them (under 15s) and some of the contact in those games has been more than what we've had in opens," Townsend said.
"But we've got the opportunity to have three teams in grand finals and be the only club to do so.
"It's good that we're going in undefeated but it's about the club as a whole and it's really important to us."
Statements like that shows the unity within the Goannas club and while stoic defence and blistering attack has been a hallmark of the open side's play, Townsend said the friendship and closeness within the team is another reason why it has performed so well.
The Goannas brushed aside the Platypi 68-4 last time the two sides met and while the Gerry 'Chicka' Merritt coached side expects a tougher contest in the grand final, confidence is high.
"A lot of it comes down to Chicka," Townsend said.
"He's instilled that (unity) in us from day one. It's been said no matter how good an individual is they can't beat a team.
"It's such a good bunch of girls to play with, it is just playing with your mates."
The Goannas go into the match without the dynamic Alahna Ryan, who is sidelined after fracturing her foot while playing for the Western Rams last week.
Majayda Darcy comes back into the team and will provide plenty of spark of her own while the likes of Britt Naden and Emily Caton will also be key.
"From the start our goal has been to win it," Townsend said.
"From when we started in pre-season the focus has been on two things. That's defence and doing whatever we do as a unit.
"We've got some brilliant players but everyone does their job."
The under 18s semi-finals start from 11am at Wellington's Kennard Park with the under 15s final following at 1pm and the main game opens at 2pm.