Those are the words of North Ballarat City coach Rob Waters ahead of the two hours that will deem if his side can bask in premiership glory for the second year running.

Wind the clock back less than two weeks and North City stormed into the Ballarat Football League grand final when it smashed Ballarat by 63 points in the second semi-final.

For the third occasion this season and fifth time in a row, North City put the Swans to the sword.

As one-sided as most of the recent games between the two sides have been, they mean nothing now, Waters said.

“We’re hungrier and we have to be because every premiership team talks about bringing new blood in for that reason and we’ve done that,” he said.

For Ballarat, coach Ash Baker said his side had discovered new-found belief after its demolition of Redan in the preliminary final at the weekend.

The Swans went in as underdogs and came out 57-point victors.

“It let the boys know if we play the brand of football we are capable of then we can beat any side,” Baker said.

“We understand the enormity of what awaits us. The stats don’t lie, North has been the dominant side the past two years but that doesn’t mean much on Saturday.”

PREDICTION: North City by 24 points.