That will be the mantra for the under 15 Bathurst Panthers when they square off with Cowra in this Saturday's Group 10 Junior Rugby League grand final at Jack Arrow Oval.

Mick Carter's Panthers side is one full talent with the likes of Group 10 representatives Nathan Barlow, Tallis Tobin and Tom Lemmich in the forward pack and Jesse Limon in the centres.

But a lack of regular football leading into the finals means the Panthers have had a less than ideal build up to the decider and according to Carter, are yet to "hit their straps".

That's why they will need to step things up if they wish to deny Cowra.

"There's not a lot between us, but it's very hard to gauge this year for me because from 12 rounds of footy, my boys played six games of footy," Carter said.

"We had three byes, then Cowra forfeited to us and Bloomfield forfeited to us and that all happened the June long weekend and ran into the school holidays ... so we played two games of footy in nine weeks.

"The last round we were meant to play Orange CYMS, but that was washed-out on that terrible snow weekend. So we haven't had the best of runs, but coming into the grand final, this will be three games in a row for us."

After going down to Cowra in last year's grand final as under 14s, the Panthers proved they are capable of bettering the Magpies when winning 34-4 in round three.

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The Magpies forfeited the next scheduled match then in the major semi-final, the minor premiership winning Panthers went down 22-12 to Cowra.

It meant Carter's side had to survive a tense preliminary final against Bloomfield last Saturday to join Cowra in the grand final.

"Last week against Bloomfield we won 8-6, but we scored right on the bell to win," Carter said.

"We probably turned the ball over from dummy-half a good dozen times or more in attacking positions, just silly errors, knock-ons and forward passes, bad passes and not playing the ball properly.

"Our defence last week was awesome, we defended magnificently, it's just our attack that sort of let us down.

"[But] I think if we'd had won that first semi-final and had to have last week off we'd have had no chance in the grand final I'd imagine."

While that extra game will assist the Panthers' cause, Carter said his side "know they need to be better".

Cutting down those errors and lifting in defence is what the coach feels will be the key for his Panthers come Saturday afternoon.

"They are a pretty physical side, so I think if we've got decent line speed in defence and not give their ball runners and ball players lots of time to control it, put pressure on the kickers, I think that will go a lot towards holding them at bay," he said.

Another thing Carter thinks will help the cause of his Panthers is getting a big group of supporters to cheer them on. With the game being in Bathurst, that is what he is anticipating.

"I think we should be able to get a lot more of our local supporters there. A lot of our junior teams are going to be there and the senior teams have got it on their Facebook page to attend," Carter said.

"So hopefully it will be a little bit like a home ground for us."

Saturday's grand final kicks off at 1.40pm at Jack Arrow Oval.