Group 20
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ALL Leeton league tag coach David Warburton will ask his players to do in Sunday's grand final against reigning premier West Wyalong is perform like they have all season.
The Greens were the first team to qualify for the premiership decider, and Warburton has been impressed with their preparation for the big game.
"I think the girls are ready. They've been putting in a good few weeks of training," Warburton said.
"We do respect the opposition. Obviously, they are the reigning premiers.
"But like I said, we've been training hard and if the girls put it together, I think they'll be hard to beat."
The Greens finished third last season before being eliminated in the semi-finals, but Warburton said the team was playing better football in 2014.
"This year they're playing a lot cleaner," he said.
"Their speed of play is the best thing about them. Everything about them is clean and fast when they're playing well.
"Hopefully we can play like that on Sunday and get the win."
But West Wyalong won't make it easy on the Greens and is carrying plenty of momentum.
After a slow start to the season, West Wyalong clicked into gear midway through the year and is riding a nine-game winning streak into the grand final.
While he is missing eight players from last season's title-winning combination, West Wyalong coach Anthony Davies said the hunger to win a second premiership remained.
"The girls that have been there before are obviously encouraging the new girls," he said.
"They know what it's all about and they're mentally tough."
Davies said that fortitude was on display when West Wyalong beat Hay 14-12 in the second week of finals.
"We had to score two tries in the last three minutes to make sure we got another crack at making a grand final," he said.
"We were lucky to get the two tries, but we did it because the girls were tough from playing finals footy last year."