In both matches, the AFL and NRL deciders, it will pit an experienced team, who has won the competition recently against a team that has gone decades without giving their fans the sniff of the ultimate glory.

Down in Melbourne on Saturday, it will see the Sydney Swans, who have lifted the AFL premiership trophy twice since 2005, take on the Western Bulldogs, who will play in their first decider in 55 years.

Smart money says the Swans, who had five players named in the 2016 All-Australian squad including Brownlow Medal runner-up Luke Parker, should win.

But in September, form is an invaluable asset.

And despite numerous injuries to their key players, such as skipper Robert Murphy, they have still managed to defeat the West Coast Eagles, Hawthorn and Greater Western Sydney – all on the road and in successive weeks.

The Bulldogs’ fairytale is a sensational story and something that most of the armchair experts, whose team’s aren’t playing this Saturday would love to see continue.

But as a ‘Bloods’ fan, I think the pain the team endured in their heartbreaking loss to Hawthorn in 2014 will have steeled them to bring home the title once again to the state of New South Wales.

Similarly, in Sydney’s rugby league finale, the 2012 premiers Melbourne Storm will battle a Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks side, who haven’t won a title in their 49-year existence.

Both team’s possess plenty of big-match players but the Sharks lack guys with grand final experience of the same ilk of legends Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk.

Don’t get me wrong, Paul Gallen, Michael Ennis and co will leave it all out on the field on Sunday night, but if the game is close come the final five minutes, the Storm might have the advantage.

Big games call for big players to stand up in the biggest moments and there are not much bigger than Smith and Cronk.

For the Sharks to win, they need to come out and play with the same intensity they did against North Queensland last Friday, otherwise the Storm’s clinical play will prove too much.

My tips: Swans by four goals and Sharks by eight points.