Listening to the rival coaches talking ahead of tomorrow's Baywide women's club rugby grand final you might expect to witness an attritional battle of two defensive titans.

Don't be too surprised, though, if you see a bit more ball-in-hand adventurousness from the competition's best teams than that suggests.

Rangataua host Rangiuru at Te Ariki Park in the match which will decide not just the title, but which of the two teams is first among pretty much equals. On the occasion of their round-robin meeting this season there was just nine points between them – Rangataua took it out 34-25.

They both blitzed the rest of the competition in their other matches, scoring better than 300 more points than they conceded.

Rangataua's head coach Paul Pou says his side will be doubling down on the virtues that got them through their 46-10 semifinal destruction of Waikite last Sunday.

'Our focus will be on sticking to our defensive systems, our core skills and roles, and keeping to our structures,” he says.

Unity and working hard for each other are what his outfit is all about, says Paul.

'Team focus will be to control what we can control, stick to our structures and work hard.”

Guarding their own territory with passion, which was evident in their 22-5 defeat of Whakarewarewa in the semifinal, is also top of mind for Rangiuru coach Jimi McLean.

'We have the ability to defend for long periods in the game,” he says. 'Whakarewarewa controlled possession for long periods, but credit to our girls for a massive defensive effort.”

Jimi is also looking for his team to be clinical with ball in hand, and keep cool heads in the heat of battle.

'We have talent across the park and will change it up to suit. The key focus is being accurate – we can't afford to be giving up easy possession, it's criminal.

'Our win over Whakarewarewa was another step along the way, and so it will be this weekend, we don't want to be overawed by the importance of the occasion.”

As first time finalists, Jimi is keen to reinforce what a big day it is for Rangiuru.

'It means everything for the club as a whole – both men and women. We've lost some key people from the club, but on the other side we celebrate our 125th anniversary, so it's very special for those reasons.”

As hosts Paul's team will take warm favouritism into the match, but he is taking nothing for granted.

'It's always an honour to play in a final, to host one is special but to win one is even greater.”

Tomorrow's Baywide Premier women's final kicks off at 1pm at Te Ariki Park, Maungatapu.