BOTH Cavendish and Hamilton Kangaroos will be out for premiership glory when they contest the Under-18 and Under-15 grand finals at Mortlake today.

The Bloods will face off in the Under-18 decider against South Warrnambool in a battle between third and first.

Cavendish coach, Dion Brook said the team was embracing the historic occasion.

“The girls are very excited, proud of their achievement to get into the grand final,” he said.

“We are only two years old as a team, and some of the girls are playing their first season.

“Certainly the remaining netball and football teams are all pretty excited for the girls, and the supporters that will follow us down to the game on Sunday.”

South Warrnambool go into the clash with just one loss for the season, posing a big challenge to Cavendish.

“They are easily the benchmark team, you can tell they are well coached as a team and you can see they have played football for a long time together,” Brook said.

“They have their Rebels players, so we will have to put some work into quelling their influence.

Milly Thomas will lead the side by example like she has all season, and Brook said her influence behind the play has been important.

“She sets up our half-back line and will lead from the front with physicality and determination,” Brook said.

“We have two natural forwards in Maddie Cotten and Georgie Harris, they can read the ball well, move quickly and create space and can also roll through the midfield.”

The game gets underway at 12.20pm.

Under-15

HAMILTON Kangaroos will open WVFFL proceedings tomorrow in the first game of the day against North Warrnambool Eagles in the Under-15 decider.

North Warrnambool goes into the clash undefeated, having conceded just 31 points for the season and the Kangaroos will go in as heavy underdogs.

Roos coach, Pat Sherlock said it was a game which the team had nothing to lose.

“It definitely is,” he said.

“We spoke about last year’s our senior women who finished third and hadn’t beaten their opponent going into the grand final.

“We are a pretty young side, but North Warrnambool has got a strong top age contingent, so the heavier ground and bigger ground will help.”

Sherlock has rotated the captaincy during the season with 11 players leading the side, with no decision made as to who will be grand final captain.

The Roos will draw upon the experience of Ruby Cleaver, who has played senior football for the club in 2024, with the team set to play a territory game.

“All year we have been trying to move the ball forward as much possible,” Sherlock said.

“It is just about making the most of it, this might be the only grand final some of these girls.

“We will just try and support our key forwards and key backs.

“They thought we’d done well to make finals, but we spoke at training about aiming higher and there is no reason why we can’t aim higher and shift the stars.”

First bounce is at 10.30am.