with the minor premiership before beating Eastlake in the major semi-final to move straight into the grand final. Despite its success, and the fact it has lost just two games this year, Riverina Lions will be forced to travel -- again -- to vie for the crown, but McLean said Riverina Lions would not be traveling to Canberra on Saturday even though the game will commence at 9.45am Sunday. "We have gone over there the night before with the other two grand finals and it didn't work that well," McLean said. "It made people nervous being there the night before the game and had them thinking about everything too early. "We will keep to our normal routine, we will leave Wagga at 5am (Sunday) and we should be there by 8am to have a good stretch and get ready." McLean admitted it had been hard to contain the nerves and excitement given the team had last week off, but said Riverina Lions would be doing its best to keep to its normal routine and structure. "Time has been going slowly but we have been training well," McLean said. "We will prepare the same way we have all year, we are treating it as just another game but obviously there is a bigger reward here for the winner." Riverina Lions have defeated Eastlake on all three occasions this season and the grand final will commence at Manuka Oval at 9.45am on Sunday.