Win, lose or draw the Aberglasslyn Ants are fiercely proud of having all three of their league teams in grand finals for the first time when they run out at Raymond Terrace in the Newcastle and Hunter Community Rugby League deciders on Saturday.
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Premierships will be great but just getting the chance to run out each week and play footy with mates in a year ravaged by Covid-19 has been something neither club will forget.
But a grand final is a grand final and Ants founding member Mick Akers admits to some pre-game nerves.
The Ants Ladles League Tag and women's tackle teams both go into their respective grand finals as minor premiers, while the B-grade men have made the decider on the back of two sudden-death finals wins.
Akers has been part of grand final day for the past four years, as coach of the remarkable Ants LLT team which is unbeaten in competition for four years and as a member of the men's B-grade team which lost to Tall Timbers last year.
"Fourth year in the competition and to get all three league teams in the grand final and two minor premierships is incredible," Akers said.
"The tag girls are back for their fourth grand final, the men came in three years ago and it's our second. The tackle girls started two years ago and after just missing out last year are into their first grand final this year."
The Ants LLT team face University for the fourth grand final in a row and an unbeaten season in which they scored 380 points and conceded just 14 sees them as red-hot favourites.
"I probably didn't expect Uni to get to the grand final this year, but I think they picked up a few players mid season," Akers said
"That rivalry is really keen and this is their fifth grand final in a row so we are expecting them to be ready and fired up. I'm confident though we will get the job done."
Aberglasslyn face the power team of the women's tackle competition Berkeley Vale with two wins and a loss from their three games to date this season, including a 14-10 victory in the major semi-final.
"The girls were the first team to beat Berkeley Vale since the competition started. Berkeley Vale won the first game this season but we beat them at home and then in the major semi-final," Akers said.
"This year we've got the wood over them. It's a credit to our girls, we've got a fairly young side with some experience sprinkled in and they've gelled really well and worked really hard to get to the top."
The men face a talented Waratah Mayfield side guided around the field by halfback Jarom Haines, the former Kurri Kurri back who is signed with the Maitland Pickers in 2021.
"Our attack is good, but our defence needs to be spot on as Jarom Haines is a real danger," said Akers who scored a hat-trick is last week's 42-22 win over Dudley in the preliminary final.
"We pulled up a few injuries in the latter stages of the second half our fullback, half and a couple of forwards went down so we were a bit thin on the bench and probably let a couple of soft tries in at the end."
Akers said the Ants expected to be fully fit for Saturday's C-grade grand final and the plan to rest several players in a dead-rubber last round had paid dividends.
"It helped us with injuries and niggles and come the semis we've been fit and firing," he said.
Grand finals
10am LLT: Aberglasslyn Ants v University, Lakeside Sporting Complex
11.30am WT: Aberglasslyn Ants v Berkeley Vale, Lakeside Sporting Complex
1pm B-grade: Aberglasslyn Ants v Waratah Mayfield Cheetahs, Lakeside Sporting Complex