A real sense of deja vu filled Anzac Park as the two teams played out a remarkably similiar game to last year’s decider.

However this time there was a different ending.

Seven months later it was the Tigers who triumphed, taking a 24-22 win to remain undefeated this season.

Just like last year, Gundagai flew out of the blocks.

Tries to Blake Dunn, Damian Willis and Dylan Cole gave them a 12-0 lead at half-time before Southcity fired back into the contest.

The Bulls scored four straight tries to take a 22-12 lead with 13 minutes left, but then the game changed complexion once more.

A strong solo effort by James Luff, who scored under the posts, took the scoreline to 22-18 in favour of the Bulls.

That was the final score in last year’s grand final, however the Tigers had more in store.

Dunn broke through the Southcity defence, setting up Willis for his second try to ultimately win the game with five minutes remaining.

Gundagai came into the clash without five top line players, but still had enough reserves to take the win.

Captain-coach James Smart was impressed by how hard the team fought back to take the win.

“I’m proud of the boys finding that extra gear in the end there,” Smart said.

“We felt down and out there with about 15 minutes to go but everyone just found something else.

“Whenever the chips seems down with his group they seem to find something and manage to come through.”

With the cavalry expected to return following the bye, Smart hopes the group can take plenty of confidence from the result.

With quality players such as Brett Eccleston, Dane O’Hehir, Vinny Brown, Kieran Pearce and Noa Fotu expected back on board, Smart wants the team can continue to take it to the next level.

“Hopefully we can start to build some more momentum,” he said.

Southcity captain-coach Nick Skinner said the team played “terrible” in the first half, but he was pleased by how quickly they turned things around.

“It’s obviously disappointing to lose in the last couple of minutes like that but there was was a lot of spirit and fight shown after the way were down at half-time,” Skinner said.

Six minutes into the second half Jordan Shepherd powered his way over the line before Kyle McCarthy finished off a sublime team try to level the scores.

The ball went through around seven pairs of hands before McCarthy swooped on his own knocked down pass to score.

The Bulls hit the front with 21 minutes to play when Mitch Bennett scored off a dropped bomb before a clever kick chase from Nathan Rose put the Bulls 10 points clear, but they failed to finish off the comeback.