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This Saturday's New Holland Agriculture Cup major semi-final between CSU and hosts Narromine Goriilas is a story of two very different teams more than capable of achieving the same goal: Earning hosting rights for the decider in a fortnight's time.
The major semi-final has been penned in for almost a month now, which has only upped the anticipation factor for the match at Cale Oval.
This finals campaign for CSU has arguably been in the making over the past two years.
Flanker Aidan Kennelly is part of the CSU core who returned from a encouraging 2018 season to create an even more promising season of rugby.
After reaching the preliminary final last year earning a major semi-final appearance in 2019 was always on the students' agenda from early in the season but Kennelly said it's still a thrilling moment to see it achieved.
"The season's been pretty surreal. This is where we expected to be but still making it here is another whole thing," he said.
"We've got a lot of belief in our team, especially having the same players to build around over the past two years. That's pretty much unheard of for a uni team to have that.
"Hopefully we can bring it against Narromine on Saturday."
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Anything short of top-tier rugby from CSU won't be enough to get over the top of the defending champions.
CSU did produce an impressive defensive effort to see off the Gorillas 33-29 on old boys day at University Oval.
However, the Gorillas' 50-10 and 25-22 wins in the other matches against CSU this season make them the favourites for this Saturday's battle.
"Narromine are a group of guys who have been playing footy for years and years. It's always a tough battle, especially at the set piece," Kennelly said.
"If we can match them in the forwards and win the majority of our set pieces then that will go a long way towards getting us into the grand final.
"We've got some great players out wide in this team. If we can do our jobs in the forwards then you've got guys like Nick Greenberg, Harry Hunt, Regan Hughes and Jack Keppel waiting for the ball."
A big motivator for CSU this weekend comes from the friendly league versus union rivalry at the university.
With the Mungoes already locking up New Era Cup grand final hosting rights there's a drive for CSU to achieve the same in the rugby sphere.
"At last night's training everyone was really getting around one another," Kennelly said.
"The league team have already gone into the grand final and I think that's creating a really special buzz around the uni at the moment."
CSU have pieced together a strong side at the right time of the season.
Kam Norris returns to lock, pushing Lachlan Buckton into tighthead prop. In turn Marcus Burrell and Sean Pianca take their preferred spots at numbers one and two respectively.
The other major return for CSU this Saturday will be Nick Greenberg as starting winger. The remainder of the backs remain unchanged.
The major semi-final rounds out the day's play at Cale Oval from 3.15pm.