By Jon Geddes

A RAPT Northern Suburbs Zak Beer says Saturday’s 34-17 courageous preliminary final win over Randwick at North Sydney Oval will forever be carved in the memory of the club.

Norths meet Easts in what is shaping up as a cracking grand final at Leichhardt this Saturday after the Beasties got up at the death to beat Warringah 38-34 in the other grand final qualifier.

“I’m very proud of the guys, they hung in tough,” said Easts coach Ben Batger.

Norths had to dig deep, backing up six days after their 30-16 win over Warringah last Sunday with 20 minutes of extra time.

There was also uncertainty all week about whether star backs Max Burey and Henry O’Donnell would be recalled to Perth by the Western Force before the game.

“We were like a hospital ward on Monday night at recovery,” Beer revealed to Rugby News after the game.