But the jovial celebrations on Saturday night inside the boisterous clubrooms was more subdued from players than from the Blues faithful.

Launceston captain Jobi Harper said burying deep an unflattering past record of 18 straight losses against North Launceston needed to be put into perspective of the day.

"There was a lot of people in the bar after the game - a lot of the older Launcestonians were into it," he said.

"They enjoyed and lapped it up, but we kept a lid on it a little bit because we know it's only early in the season and it's only the one win.

"We want to be able to beat them two, three more times into the season because our goal is to win the premiership. That was only one win in a possible long season."

But there is no ignoring what the Blues achieved after trying to ovecome the crosstown rival since 2013.

The magnitude of the win to finish the afternoon had become more notable after the club collected the points in the development league, the under-18s and women's games against the Bombers.

"Obviously North have just been the best side for a number of years," Harper said.

"To know that we can now match them and even beat them on the weekend is a lot of confidence, especially for our young group.

"They have battled to do that in their first few years of playing senior football.

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"So, confidence for them and believing in our whole gameplan is just huge for us."

It helped that Jared Dakin kept Taylor Whitford so quiet for the opening three terms, that Tim Auckland was so combative in the ruck after more than 12 months away from the club and that the undersized back six were so merciless on the Bombers.

Not to mention a best-on-ground effort from Harper leading his charges from the front at Windsor Park.

The resurgent 19-point victory may have a lot of impact for the rest of the Blues' year.

The performance was the first step in reaching coach Mitch Thorp's objective to transform Launceston as the pacesetters and competition benchmarks in this season's Covid-affected campaign.

"We've started off with two wins, which in a shortened season is really just what we looked to set ourselves in the first month of this season," Harper said.

"Having good starts, we think that could really set us up for the season. So to have two wins and one against the side of the competition of the last five years, you just can't complain how it has started."

And Harper believes there will be little chance of a letdown or getting too far ahead of themselves against Tigers at Kingborough after painfully learning the hard way.

"We had a bit of a run on last year when we had beaten Lauderdale at home and then we went down to North Hobart and lost," he said.

"It was a game that we thought we should probably win. So as a group, we have learned from that last year. And not a let a good win turn to a loss we shouldn't have."

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