They were the two form teams of the second round and Walcha and Narrabri will clash in a mouth-watering kick-off to the Central North finals series at Walcha on Saturday.
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The Rams didn’t drop a game while the Blue Boars had only the one hiccup – a 21-13 loss to the Rams to start the second round.
The action kicks off at 11.25am with Narrabri taking on Gunnedah in the colts elimination final.
Inverell and Pirates will clash in the second grade final from 12.55pm before the Blue Boars and Gunnedah meet in the first-ever women’s final at 2.35pm.
The first grade encounter will follow at 3pm with the winner advancing to play either Pirates or Moree in the preliminary final.
Here’s how they will line up on Saturday:
WALCHA: 1 Ross Fletcher, 2 Dave Healey, 3 Mike Whitton, 4 Sione Kamoto, 5 Sandy Cameron, 6 Henry King, 7 Thor Crombie, 8 Will Fletcher ©, 9 Angus Mactavish, 10 Simon Newton, 11 Dom Bower, 12 Pat Keen, 13 Ed Cordingley, 14 Richard Young, 15 Harry Locke.
NARRABRI: 1 Craig Summers, 2 Scott Dale, 3 Beau Brummel, 4 Sam Kahl, 5 Daniel Kahl, 6 Jack Maunder, 7 Matt McDonnell, 8 Pat Brummel, 9 Will Morley, 10 Jydon Hill, 11 Matthew Nott, 12 Jake Packer ©, 13 Jacob Booby, 14 James Albert, 15 Linton Grumley.
You can catch all the action here live from all four finals.
Before then, relive what was an exhilarating 2017 finals series culminating in a thrilling grand final between Pirates and Walcha:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
