The Canberra Raiders know what they're capable of. Have done for a while. It's just taken the rest of the NRL some time to catch up.
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Raiders assistant coach Andrew McFadden has been quintessential in the Green Machine's charge into the NRL grand final.
He, along with Brett White, helped build the lime green defensive wall that will confront the Sydney Roosters at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday.
It's the final test that wall has to pass, having passed with flying colours at every other step of the way.
They're going in as the underdogs, but it's a tag they're embracing - confident in what they're capable of.
"That's probably where it will come down to is who defends better on the day," McFadden said.
"We've got a real challenge in front of us. They're very classy.
"They've got strike right across the board, but we certainly know what we've got internally. And I'm not saying that just because we made the grand final.
"We've known that for a while, it's just taken everyone else a bit longer to catch up."
The Raiders have put a virus scare behind them, with John Bateman and Josh Hodgson both fully recovered ahead of their captains' run on Saturday.
They did their warm-up in the sheds, making it a full dress rehearsal for grand final day - even accompanied by a practice run of the national anthem blaring out the speakers.
Canberra threw open the start of their final training session to the media, continuing their theme of embracing the grand final hype and everything that comes with it.
The Roosters, on the other hand, were nowhere to be seen. Instead holding their captain's run locked away behind SCG doors.
Part of that's due to the ducks and drakes they're playing about whether co-captain Jake Friend (calf) comes back into the side for his first game since July.
McFadden hoped the Roosters were at full strength. Especially since the Raiders haven't beaten them yet this season.
"We've really put zero attention on it to be honest with you. We hope they're full strength," he said.
"We haven't beaten them this year and to win it it would be great to get them when they're at full strength."
Sunday: Canberra Raiders v Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.
Raiders: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Nick Cotric 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Joseph Leilua 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Josh Papalii 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Iosia Soliola 11. John Bateman 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Joseph Tapine. Interchange: 14. Bailey Simonsson 15. Emre Guler 16. Corey Horsburgh 17. Dunamis Lui. Reserves: 18. Sam Williams 19. Ryan Sutton 20. Siliva Havili 21. Sebastian Kris.
Roosters: 1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Latrell Mitchell 4. Joseph Manu 5. Brett Morris 6. Luke Keary 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Sam Verrills 10. Isaac Liu 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Victor Radley. Interchange: 14. Angus Crichton 15. Zane Tetevano 16. Nat Butcher 17. Siosiua Taukeiaho. Reserves: 18. Lindsay Collins 19. Drew Hutchison 20. Jake Friend 21. Ryan Hall.