Northern Suburbs and Warringah meet a week earlier than they did last year and although neither side will leave North Sydney Oval with a trophy on Sunday evening, fans can expect a grand final type atmosphere this weekend. Warringah held off a persistent, but under strength Manly outfit at Rat Park last weekend to book a spot in Sunday’s preliminary final, while Norths defended well in the second half and beat Eastwood “We were really happy with the weekend’s result and the performance. I thought we defended really well and we dug in and worked hard in what were really tough conditions,” Norths coach Shannon Fraser said ahead of Sunday’s grand final rematch. “We haven’t spoken much about last year to be honest. It’s a different year and a different group of players on both sides so I don’t think you can take too much out of it. It’s also been quite a long time since we played them back in round one this year so we’re looking at this game with fresh eyes.�