Fireworks are always expected when Launceston faces North Launceston and Sunday is expected to be no different.
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"That's how it should be, two clubs that have had a lot of history, this rivalry has been around for a very, very long time and there's a lot of people really eager to watch the game again," Launceston coach Mitch Thorp said.
"Last year, whilst it was physical and there was some nastiness in it, it was still played in the right spirit, there were a lot of hard-nosed contests and that's what grand finals are.
"This comp has got some real substance, when grand finals are played, they are played to within an inch of their life and you need to be ready to go.
"I'm sure it's going to be a fierce battle and we saw that in the first final, they went the distance better than we did, so we are going to have to be better than we were only a fortnight ago."
Despite the expected physical on-field nature of the contest, Thorp has the utmost respect for opposing coach Brad Cox-Goodyer and the way his group has evolved this season.
"I've coached in this competition for a very long time and Brad has been competition-leading for the nine years that I've coached in the comp," Thorp said.
"He's done a very good job this year taking over the reins as coach and having a number of younger players debut and I think that's what stands out to me more than the individual accolades.
"We all know that he's a great player but to be able to pull a really young group together highlights what can be done in this competition when you run the program correctly."
As the Blues shoot for consecutive flags, skipper Jobi Harper is under no illusions to the toughness of it.
"It would be huge, these guys [North] have done it before, it's hard to win one, it's even harder to win two." Harper said
"We've put the door open, we are going to give ourselves an opportunity to give it a go."