THE SAWTELL Panthers and Nambucca Roosters are set to play for the ultimate prize during Group 2 Rugby League’s grand final day, at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Panthers enter their first grand final since 2011, which is also the last time they won the first-grade premiership.
Sawtell will try to add a fourth premiership trophy after winning the big prize in 1978, 2009, and 2011.
Amazingly, all three of their premiership wins were by a solitary point in each grand final.
The Roosters will look to defend their premiership, with last year’s win breaking a 28-year title drought.
The Roosters will also look to add to their record ten first-grade premiership victories.
The Panthers and Roosters last played off in the first-grade decider in 2011, with the Panthers squeaking home 29-28.
The Roosters beat the Panthers both times in their two home and away encounters this season, but the Panthers won their last meeting 32-30 in the first week of the finals.
The Woolgoolga Seahorses and Macksville Sea Eagles clash for the reserve grade premiership.
The Seahorses will look to cap off a great season in which they finished as minor premiers and lost only once, while the Sea Eagles will aim to go one better after finishing runners-up in a golden-point grand final last season.
The Woolgoolga Seahorses and Nambucca Roosters meet in the women’s premiership decider, with the minor premier Seahorses looking to go one better after finishing runners-up last season.
The Macksville Sea Eagles and Grafton Ghosts play off for the Under 18s premiership.
By Aiden BURGESS
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