Courtney Hodge and her Forbes Magpies team-mates will enter the grand final on Sunday as the unexpected underdogs, but the Magpies won't be short on confidence after producing a big upset last time out against the Parkes Spacecats to earn their place.
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"Everyone's feeling great right now," Hodge said.
"It's a good feeling to have got past Parkes and everyone's going in very confident that we can get the win."
"It was wonderful, we were all so thrilled to get through."
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Knocking off the highly favoured Parkes outfit puts the Magpies on a collision course with the Dubbo CYMS side, which has had runaway success throughout the competition and head into the grand final undefeated.
"There's a few nerves going into the grand final against CYMS, but I think we all just need to be confident, go in and play our own game, not let them get to us and not let them impose their game on us."
Defence was the key for the Magpies last time out and it'll be what they're counting on again to create opportunities.
Forbes didn't allow Parkes to score a single point in the preliminary final and heads into the decider having only one try scored against it throughout the finals.
The Magpies also finished the regular season well, as did CYMS, with both sides having just four tries scored against them across their final three rounds respectively.
"I feel if we stick to our game-plan, and defend like we did last week against Parkes, we have a pretty big chance," Hodge said.
"Our defence I reckon is the best in the competition and we've proven we can win off the back of that defence."
Hodges led the scoring efforts against Parkes, but was also pivotal in defence for the Magpies and is confident her side can back her again to do the necessary work.
"Our communication has to be on point, we have to talk to each other, but I think the whole team has my back and they have that confidence with me and if they get behind me, I'll play my game easier."
CYMS has won both the prior games between the sides this year, 14-10 and then 34-4.
Kick-off is 10am Sunday.