The weight of history will be against Bracknell on Saturday but the club is confident this year could be the elusive drought breaker.
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The Redlegs have not tasted premiership success since 1997 but will face South Launceston on Saturday with the chance to flip the script.
It is a fact that Bracknell coach Corry Goodluck is acutely aware of heading into the biggest game of the season.
"We've touched on what it means to our group to win a premiership but there's a lot of guys that have won premierships in that side," he said.
"We've lost a couple in the past but we're not too focused on that, we're focused on the task in front of us at the moment.
"It's a good, excited feeling around the club and the boys, it's just a great opportunity to play in a grand final."
Bracknell is well-known for their passionate and vocal supporters on game day and Goodluck said the premiership would mean a lot to them.
"People put in behind the scenes at the club and so many people that don't get looked at, or mentioned or don't even play on Saturday that go behind the scenes ... just the smiles of their faces will be great," he said.
"It'd mean everything."
Bracknell have given themselves a shot at grand final glory following a remarkable run from fourth place.
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The Redlegs winning finals' form has been centred on pressure and intensity around the contest and Goodluck is adopting a similar approach to the grand final.
"We've come from fourth, South are a great side, we were lucky enough to beat them round one and they beat us later on in the season so we'll go in as underdogs on Saturday," he said.
"I don't think it's different from any other week, our pressure, our intensity we have to have it from the word go.
"If we don't start well, South are a good side and if they kick a couple of goals early [we'll] always chasing them so [it's] crucial that we start well with [our] pressure, intensity and bring the heat."
The Redlegs have maintained a clean bill of health throughout the finals series and the selection committee will likely have a full list to pick from ahead of Saturday's game.
"We got away from Longford pretty unscathed, so we'll wait and see what we have going into Saturday," Goodluck said.
"There's a great opportunity, embrace it, have fun and enjoy yourself."
South Launceston
South Launceston will be out to cement their status as one of the region's best clubs when their three sides vye for premiership honours.
Saturday shapes as a major day for South Launceston as a club with the seniors, reserves and under-18s all in contention for silverware
"To have three teams at a club playing off on Saturday is something as a club we're really proud of, now we just want to ensure we can win some silverware," coach Anthony Taylor said.
"There's been a lot of work going on behind the scenes by a lot of people and the guys that get to take the field get the opportunity to represent what's been a massive effort."
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The senior Bulldogs have been the stand-out team during the season after finishing a game clear on top before securing a grand final place at the first time of asking two weeks ago.
Despite limited games, Taylor is confident his team will be ready for the occasion.
"If you had the choice prior to a finals series, you'd always take the option of qualifying first so we were lucky enough to do that and it gives our more experienced guys an opportunity to freshen up," he said.
"Going straight through from the second semi, we've had a fair bit of time to think about it so just looking forward to it."
South Launceston will field an experienced team at UTAS Stadium on Saturday with only six players playing their first senior football grand final.
South Launceston enjoy a favourable record against Bracknell in finals but Taylor said it counted for little this year.
"I mean that's history, it's always good, we've got a lot of players injected into our group that haven't been of those grand finals, this year is a new year, that's how we'll treat it," he said.
Taylor said his team needed to be ready to go the journey against an in-form Bracknell side.
"The season's been really tight all year, any one of the top four could have potentially won it on their day and Bracknell's another one of those tough opposition teams," he said.
"We know we need four quarters of good hard footy and that's what we're focusing on."
South Launceston will have a full list to pick from after being able to manage the workloads of key players during their time off.
"We've got to manage some of our more experienced, older players but at the same time, you'll want to keep it as normal as possible," Taylor said.
"Everyone knows the results are massive but at the end of the day we've tried to keep things as normal as we can and look forward to Saturday."
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