Four will be the magic number for Dubbo CYMS on the weekend, and it'll be particularly significant for the reserve grade team.
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With all four Dubbo CYMS outfits representing the club in their respective grand finals on home-turf, it could represent a one-time historical achievement for the side that would be hard to match, but the CYMS reserve grade team will also have the opportunity to secure grand final honours four times in a row when they do battle with the Wellington Cowboys at Apex Oval.
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The reserve grade lineup, which has evolved over the past four years, but still features some familiar constants, triumphed over Macquarie in 2016 and 2018, and got the better of the Wellington Cowboys in the 2017 decider.
"Keeping that streak alive does give you more motivation for sure," Co-Captain Hewett Haycock said.
"But I'm not trying to think about it too much, I don't want to get too ahead of myself, a lot of the players this year haven't been there the whole way through, there's three of us that have been in the three previous and will be here for this fourth, but right now we're just focused on the game."
They'll meet the Cowboys again this year after the fourth placed Wellington outfit managed to knock off the Forbes Magpies in a nail-biter and then the Nyngan Tigers in a more decisive 28 - 10 victory.
Their early success has given the Cowboys a two week window in which to rest and prepare, and Haycock's side are making the most of every moment.
"We're feeling better than ever right now, we're feeling pretty good at training, everything's going pretty smooth, we've got a few players back too."
"It's going in nicely, everyone's very nervous about this weekend, it's going to be a big game, but we're going good."
Haycock is looking to seasonal standout Matt Toole, along with co-captain Kaide Rapley and main-stays Jordan Reynolds and Brad Pickering to blunt the Cowboys' late-season momentum and keep things simple for the Dubbo side.
"What we've got to do is play things as simply as we can, hold the ball, complete our sets and tackle well, that's going to be big."
"We haven't got much of a specific game-plan in mind, we'll just try and play our own game."
Haycock says if the CYMS reserve grade team can do that, they'll be in a good position to beat a team that can create opportunities and moments up and down the field.
"It's not so much their momentum that concerns me, they're just going to be a dangerous side no matter what, I think."
The reserve grade grand final is set to kick-off at 11.30am at Apex Oval.