In the red corner, you have a young, strong, robust East Albury.

Not always consistent, but capable of throwing big punches and they tend to go hard at their opponent early.

This has been the case in their last two finals, where they have landed knockout blows well before the final bell over Lavington and Wodonga.

In the blue corner, you have the crafty, experienced, never-say-die Tallangatta.

They started slowly but have steadily worked their way through the undercard this season, peaking at the perfect time to challenge for the title.

They have dragged themselves off the canvas more than a couple of times in their past two bouts against Wodonga and St Patrick’s by showing uncanny ability to absorb blows and counter punch at the right time.

Boxing parlance aside, East Albury has weapons in McNeil, Popko, Mahmood, Bridle and White to destroy anyone on their day.

Tallangatta, meanwhile, rely more on the guile, experience and rat cunning of Armstrong, Weighell, Thompson and co. to get the job done.

For mine, the game will be won and lost, like most grand finals, by a player that emerges from a role player to a matchwinner.

I can’t wait to see who the next Cam McCormack (Lavington) or Dylan Beattie (Wodonga) is going to be.

I would like to see Kris Milosta be given the opportunity to use his matchwinning ability with either bat or ball. He is a high-risk, high-reward player that seems suited to the big stage.

He has made a 95 this season and was very tidy claiming two wickets last weekend.

Meanwhile, Tallangatta has had been hiding a secret all season in Josh Bousfield.

While not as high profile as his English teammate, he has bowled well all year for his 17 wickets on a Tallangatta pitch that is not his preferred surface.

He has also made three half centuries this season without much fanfare.

I’ll also be interested to see what role the grand old warrior Steve Wood will play.

If I was Matt Armstrong, I would back his other bowlers in to do the job and promote Wood up the order to six or seven.

I would like to see him be given the best possible chance to contribute a match-winning role in one discipline rather than dulling his influence by having too big a workload.

It has the makings of a great match.

I believe East Albury are on the verge of a dynasty.

Unfortunately though, I believe the clinical nature of their past two finals may be a factor in this match if it goes the full 160 overs.

They will also run into a Tallan- gatta team high on confidence, capable of winning from anywhere, and a side that our club has rated the most dangerous side since Christmas when they get their best 12 on the park.

If it goes deep into Sunday, I believe the boys from the bush will claim the heavyweight title on a tight points decision.