A poor start has turned into a fantastic season for the Crookwell Dogs.
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They are now in the grand final against the Taralga Tigers at Crookwell Memorial Park on Saturday, August 24 from 2.30pm.
How's Dog's coach Bruce Nixon feeling?
Nervous.
The players are fine though.
"Everyone's pretty calm about it all," Nixon said.
"All we're doing now is treating it like another game, which just happens to be the grand final."
Nixon and the Dogs have the utmost respect for the Tigers.
"Taralga's a very good side," Nixon said.
"They only lost a couple of games during the year.
"They're sound and have good players in right places.
"We'll respect Taralga since they lead the competition by 25 points."
If the Dogs want to make any last minute adjustments, they have their last training session on Thursday to do so.
"We'll focus on the team run on Thursday," Nixon said.
"We'll make sure everyone understands their roles."
The only thing left to decide for the Dogs is their team lineups.
"We've had a couple of injury concerns so we haven't decided on the team lineups yet."
"We will wait until Thursday."
The Dogs trail their head to head three to one leading up to the final.