Tamworth's fourth grade side are the toast of the club after drawing 10-all with St Alberts in a dramatic New England decider to claim an historic and drought-breaking premiership.
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The Magpies' first senior silverware since 1996 when the first grade side defeated cross-town rivals Pirates to win their fourth Central North premiership in six years, it is also believed to be the club's first ever fourth grade title.
"There's a fair bit of history for the club and it's certainly got everyone excited," captain-coach Sam Rains said.
The game finished in dramatic fashion with Albies missing a penalty shot after the bell that if successful would have seen them crowned champions outright.
Forced to watch on from the sidelines after injuring his ankle in a tackle midway through the second half, Rains said he watched the kick through "clenched teeth".
Fortunately for the Magpies it missed.
He said there was some confusion initially about the result with neither side sure if they played extra-time as they did in the other grades.
"No-one really knew what happened at full-time," Rains said.
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They were eventually informed by a New England official that it was a tied premiership.
"At the end of the day we're stoked," he said.
"We didn't start the season with a fourth grade. It was something we pulled together three or four weeks into the competition."
"We had to start off poaching a couple of second and third graders to put it together."
"By the end of the season we had eight or nine subs and genuine fourth graders".
One of the best stories to emerge in the aftermath was that of 43-year old prop Glen Rowe.
"He's played rugby since he was nine and has just got his first premiership," Rains said.
He said the final result reflected the game itself.
"It was an extremely tight game all the way through," he said.
The draw was a big turnaround for the Magpies from their last two encounters against Albies.
"They've belted us our last two meetings," Rains said.
"They flogged us on Ladies Day and in the major semi-final."
The latter they played with the bare 15.
"Having eight on the bench today really helped the guys," he said.
"It helped that we had fresh legs in the second half."
The Magpies' third grade unfortunately weren't able to make it a double title celebration going down to minor premiers Glen Innes 31-7.
