The TCL Premier League grand final is adding another dimension to the rivalry that is rapidly building between Longford and Hadspen.
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It will be the third time on Saturday in the last four years the fierce combatants have clashed for the premiership.
"It means just as much as the first time we played each other in a grand final," Tigers captain Jackson Blair said.
"We have a massive rivalry, we play hard on the field, but we can always have a beer afterwards. It always means a lot to win a grand final, but to beat Hadspen, especially, would again be awesome."
Hadspen squared up the ledger in a breakthrough title win over Longford last year.
That occurred two seasons after the club that has played in the past six grand finals rolled the Chieftains out for a paltry 41 in a 151-run loss.
"It would be nice to get that one back on them," Blair said. "So to take the cup off them will be pretty special."
Blair said their grand final meetings were no surprise considering the similarities.
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"It comes back to the culture in the clubs," he said.
"It's just about our culture of everyone driving for the same thing and all being on the same page. At Hadspen, they're very much the same."
The defending champions have looked up all season to the unbeaten Tigers.
So much so that the feeling is captain-coach Liam Reynolds would be honoured to be the first to inflict a loss.
"They really have been the benchmark club for the last four or five years," he said.
"Up until last year we were only ever challenging them.
"So I think that rivalry has built up because you have two clubs that are right in that mix, that premiership window, and they have been good enough to be in that window for quite a while.
"But as a club, we're trying to build a culture and depth to try and nudge them."
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