Brisbane State High coach Steve Kefu said his squad is embracing the underdog card ahead of Saturday afternoon’s premiership deciding GPS clash against defending premiers and perennial champions Nudgee.

State High and Nudgee are both undefeated heading into the final round and the winner will claim this year’s outright GPS premiership.

In the past four decades, State High has won seven GPS premierships, but has only held the title outright twice, in 2016 and 2009.

“At the start of the year, the boys set themselves the goal to win the competition and no one else gave them a chance,” Kefu told Rugby News.

"We’ve been getting a different Old Boy to come along to each of our captain’s runs this season to share his story and that’s been really positive for the group.

“We had Wally Lewis last week but it hasn’t just been sports guys either.

“We had Paul Brady come in recently to talk about how similar traits from rugby have helped him in the business world. He talked about never giving up and embracing being an underdog.

“The boys love hearing those stories and everyone that has come in has spoken really positively about how that State High spirit that has helped them throughout their lives.”