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“I respectfully rate our team very highly. I enjoy playing with everyone, and I think what works for us is we have been the same team for three years in a row now,” Vine said. “And it’s not just that we’re friends on the field, we are friends off the field. We do a lot of things [together] away from football.”

“Before every game, we go out for dinner. It’s just something we have always done, it’s become Charlotte’s [McLean] superstition and everyone has to do it ... everyone has their set meals that they get. It’s one of my favourite things of the week.”

The team will be back at their local pub for pre-game fuelling on Saturday night, and Vine and her teammates know exactly what they need to do if they want to lift the trophy at full-time.

“We have always created chances in every grand final I have played in, it’s just about executing those chances we get, and just going out there and putting it all out there... Put it all on the table, go out there, and don’t let them [Western] bully you,” Vine said.