Ahead of her elimination final on Sunday afternoon, Ballan Blues player/coach Narelle Perkins says her side is excited ahead of its elimination final against Bungaree.
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"There's always those final nerves," she said.
"We had a really good final training session and the girls are all excited to hit the court on Sunday."
Perkins says leading up to the contest her group has been working together to best prepare for the match-up with the Demons.
"We sat down as a group at training and discussed our strengths and acknowledged our weaknesses... we're just really trying to remain positive, focused and excited. We're just looking to embrace the finals environment."
Instead of identifying one or two players she is expecting to step up at the weekend, Perkins says she knows every member of her side is ready to produce in the contest.
"I'm expecting all of our girls to step up, at the end of the day we've all got a job to do and I'm hoping that everyone can perform their best in their roles."
Rokewood-Corindhap and Gordon will face off in the other elimination final on Saturday afternoon in Buninyong.
Elsewhere Buninyong will face the undefeated Learmonth Lakies in the first qualifying final on Saturday afternoon.
Despite going down by 21 goals in its last meeting with Learmonth, Bombers coach Meg Gilbert says her team remains confident going into Saturday's contest.
"We go into every game confident," Gilbert said.
"Learmonth have been the benchmark of the competition this season but we're looking to cause the upset... we've got nothing to lose."
Gilbert believes her side is much improved following its round 13 loss to the Lakies, saying it helped identify areas in need of improvement.
"They exposed our weaknesses... it made us realise that we needed to take care of the ball better if we wanted to be successful."
Hepburn and Springbank will face off in the second qualifying final on Sunday afternoon. The Burras handed the Tigers a 17-goal loss the last time the two met.
FINALS FIXTURE:
SATURDAY
Learmonth (1st) v Buninyong (4th) - Qualifying final.
Last time they played: July 13 - Learmonth 47 d Buninyong 26
Rokewood-Corindhap (5th) v Gordon (8th) - Elimination final.
Last time they played: June 22 - Rokewood-Corindhap 95 d Gordon 22
SUNDAY
Hepburn (2nd) v Springbank (3rd) - Qualifying final.
Last time they played: May 11 - Hepburn 51 d Springbank 34
Ballan (6th) v Bungaree (7th) - Elimination final.
Last time they played: June 1 - Ballan 39 d Bungaree 33
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