But with the nine-time Osborne premiership player only days away from his 40th birthday and the Tigers challenging for another flag, Gleeson was taking any position thrown his way.

"I'm just happy to be playing firsts at my age," Gleeson said.

"I don't care where I play.

"I think I played full-back in the under-17s but that's about it.

"It started when they needed someone to play on Prior (Adam) in round one and I seem to have been stuck there ever since except when 'Duncs' (Duncan McMaster) and 'Parry' (Jamie Parr) were injured."

Gleeson kept Prior to two goals in last weekend's preliminary final and rates Henty full-forward Damian Cupido as his most difficult opponent this season.

"Cupido was too strong for me," he said.

"He's the strongest I've wrestled with.

"Luckily we played alright that day so I didn't get touched up too badly."

The laid-back farmer is approaching his 350^th match for Osborne and says Saturday's grand final against Brock-Burrum could well be his last senior appearance.

Darren Howard is the only other Tiger to reach the 300-game milestone.

"l'll probably just play seconds next year," he said.

"I've got more farming to do so it's getting a bit much.

"I'd be happy playing twos."

Gleeson has played in Osborne's 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2017 premierships as well as finishing runner-up in another three grand finals.

It's little wonder he says it feels like his career has flown.

"My first year was 1998 and it doesn't seem that long ago," he said.

"It's changed a bit, probably the biggest thing is the younger blokes are a lot more casual.

"We used to play cards after training on Thursday night but these days the young blokes stick to their phones pretty much.

"It's been good to be able to have played with a lot of them over the past few years."

While Gleeson's record is phenomenal, he still has some work to do to catch Howard and Stephen Clarke.

Howard won nine flags from 15 grand finals at Osborne as well as playing in another two premierships with Albury.

Clarke starred in seven flags with Osborne and three with Albury.