Not only would a three-peat take the Redbacks into unchartered territory in terms of consecutive titles, it would give them overall bragging rights over the rest of the competition for at least 12 months.

Currently they sit locked at two premierships apiece with Colts themselves and ORC. 

It is hard to argue that they don’t deserve to sit at the top of the pile.

Like Oxford Centennials, they have made every finals series since the competition began eight seasons ago, and today marks their fifth grand final appearance in that time.

“It is a nice record to have, and it would look a lot better with three premierships too,” captain Ben Orme said.

“We feel as though we’ve always had a pretty good winning culture and it was just a matter of getting that monkey off the back a couple of years ago and finally winning one that has made all the difference.

“We yo-yoed a bit on the ladder in the second half of the season, but we always felt as though if we got to the finals we’d be able to go all the way because we’ve started to show that ability to win when it matters.”

It has been well-documented that the decider shapes as a match-up between Redbacks’ powerful but inconsistent batting and Colts’ bowling attack, which has been irresistible in the last month.

Orme is banking on one of his top-order stars managing a big score to try to put the pressure back on Colts.

“I missed the early part of their bowling performance against Ox-Cents last week, but I saw the last five or six wickets and they were putting the ball in pretty good spots,” he said.

“It is important that we don’t just let them bowl to us. Of course, it is important to knuckle down when you’ve got guys like Matt Stephens and Matt Lawson bowling great spells, but if you let them bowl with no pressure they will get you sooner or later.

“We’ve got the guys in the top-order that can all take the attack to the bowlers. Greg Adams and Joey Coughlan haven’t been able to put on a big stand together for a while, but they’re looking in reasonable form so I’d love to see them produce a big one.”

There aren’t expected to be any changes to the Redbacks side and with their second grade team also in the grand final, they are trying to keep things as normal as possible.

The depth of their attack may be something Colts look to target, but Orme is confident in the likes of Jarrod Urza and Cohen Schubert when their time comes.

“Other teams have done that and tried to take them on. Cohen took a bag of five wickets against ORC and Jarrod took six against Ox-Cents – we know they are capable,” he said.

“All in all, whoever wins it should be a fantastic game because I think both teams play a very attacking brand of cricket and try and take the game on.”