The two have often found themselves grand final protagonists, most recently two years ago.

The Bulls claimed the spoils then to lift the Heath Shield for the first time since 2007.

But they didn’t hold it for long, with the Blue Boars beating Pirates to wrest it off them last year and  get their 50th anniversary  fairytale finish.

It was their first success since 2004 when they shared the title with the Bulls.

There has been nothing between the two this season with, at the most, nine points separating them.

Even then, it was only a late try that sealed the win for the Blue Boars.

That was their first encounter for the year and saw them overcome a fair bit of adversity to get the win.

The Bulls have won the last two  but  both times have had to survive comebacks from the Blue Boars and only snuck home by four.

Neither Bulls co-coach Simon Hall or Blue Boars coach Hunter Harley is expecting today to be any different as far as it being tight.

For Hall, today will be his first grand final in a coaching capacity, and he was  nervous and excited yesterday.

Some of that nervousness is no doubt coming from having to watch from the sidelines, after being injured in the final-round game.

He said while he was aware of the Bulls-Blue Boars rivalry before, he probably wasn’t to the full extent until he moved to Moree.

“It’s just ingrained,” he said.

“Something’s happened a long time ago and it’s just built in.”

It’s a “love-hate” relationship as many have put it.

On the field they are enemies but off the field they work in similar industries and share a lot of social connections.

“They’re so much alike on and off the field,” Harley said.

He said they would take some lessons from two years ago into today.

“Obviously we’ve grown as a team,” he said.

“I don’t think we could have played any worse.

“Moree were awesome – played great grand final footy.”

But they just made too many mistakes.

They have since won one but Harley was hosing down last year.

As great as it was, it is forgotten.

“It’s not even in our minds,” he said.

“It’s all about Moree.

“Moree are the ones that are expected to win.”

The key for them will be the first 20 minutes.

That’s where they’ve lost the last two games.

“We’ve got to limit our mistakes and make our one on ones,” he said.

“The scoreboard will take care of itself if we take care of those things.”

Hall said they don’t really need to do anything different to what they have been, aside from cutting out those lapses.

“If we can perform as we have the majority of the season we give ourselves a good chance to win the game,” he said.