Both camps are adamant on one thing ... today's Wakely Shield rugby final at Taradale will be close.
But if one was to take the confidence factor into account then defending champions Napier West will have the edge on their Hastings West counterparts in the midday final of the 13th annual tournament which caters for intermediate and primary school players under 50kgs.
"I'm confident. The boys have built since that 19-14 loss on Tuesday," Napier West coach Simon Lord said.
His team beat Hastings East 21-10 in their semifinal yesterday. Co-captains, No 8 Jayden Murphy and lock Sam Smith, and flanker Addison Cockroft were inspirational in the Napier pack while winger Reef Johansen made the most of his opportunities in the winning backline.
"Napier wanted it more. We made a couple of handlng errors and there were times when the ball didn't go our way," Hastings East coach Kieran Horsefield said.