WITH Cowra Blues life member Kim Reid as her father, it is no great surprise that Sarah Taylor ended up in the ranks of the Central West AFL's women's competition.
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But instead of wearing the navy of Cowra each Saturday - the colours which her father has worn in first grade more than 300 times in a career spanning more than three decades - Taylor dons the charcoal and orange of the Bathurst Giants.
"I played when I was younger, up until I was 14, but there was no women's league when I aged out, so I stopped playing for awhile," Taylor explained.
"I came back this year to play for the Giants. Why the Giants? I moved over here and my Dad didn't want me playing for the Bushrangers."
Taylor admits it has felt a little different calling the Blues a rival this season - she played in round five when the Giants beat Cowra 15-13-103 to 1-1-7.
But while not playing for the club her Dad was made a life member of in 2008, she has followed his lead in another area.
She's part of the Giants' defensive unit.
"I'm in the back usually, back flank - Dad says forwards are greedy people," Taylor laughed.
This Saturday as Taylor chases a premiership medal to cap off her maiden Central West AFL women's season, the task will be trying to stop the Lady Bushrangers.
She is likely to get the job tagging Carla Arcuri, saying "She's a little bit quicker than me, but we'll work it out."
The Giants have met the Lady Bushrangers on four previous occasions in 2019.
Most recently was in the major semi-final when Taylor and her team-mates posted a 6-8-44 to 3-5-23 win.
Of the other three clashes the Giants won two - by margins of 72 and 22 points - while the Bathurst rivals drew 2-3-15 apiece in round 13.
Taylor admits she is 'very nervous' but feels if the Giants can keep their composure they can get the job done.
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"It definitely helps a lot being around these girls, everyone is really supportive of each other and we all push each other to do our best, so it's a really good environment to be in for a grand final. We mesh well as a team and I think that will show on the weekend," she said.
"I thought we'd play them, I was pretty sure it's how it would end up. It should be a good game, it will be hard, but we're all prepared for it I think.
"I think as long as we keep our talk up and communicate.
"We did really well in the last game we played against them not letting it get in our heads when they did score against us. We kept it really positive, so as long as we keep that up this weekend we'll be fine."
Opening bounce at George Park 2 is 12.30pm.
