Mater Dei will head into the final at Robertson Oval as the underdogs against Kildare Catholic College, who will be aiming for a third consecutive title.

Kildare have gone through the competition undefeated and beat Mater Dei by 31 points in the opening round.

Mater Dei captain Lachie Johnson understands the task in front of his team but is keen to cause an upset in the schoolboy decider.

"I suppose we've got to have belief there. Everyone's pretty confident and there is a good vibe around the boys so everyone's keen for the challenge," Johnson said.

"There's no doubt Kildare will start the favourites but the boys are ready for the challenge."

Johnson believes Mater Dei will need to match it with Kildare in the midfield if they are to be successful.

"Ryan (Allen) and Will (Reinhold) are really keys to them getting first use of the ball and delivery down into their forward line. If we can knuckle down in the midfield and win the battle in the midfield then it will put us in a really good place," he said.

While Kildare is yet to publicly finalise their final 22, they will be boosted by the return of key defender Adam Whyte.

Kildare co-captain Ryan Allen is happy with his team's preparation but is not going to underestimate Mater Dei.

"We'll take confidence from the first game obviously but it's always going to change being a final. That always tightens it up a bit and the weather could tighten it up as well I reckon," Allen said.

"The key is don't go away from our structures and that. We did a bit of that against TRAC. And keep it clean, the way we want to play."

7pm, Wednesday at Robertson Oval

KILDARE CATHOLIC COLLEGE v MATER DEI CATHOLIC COLLEGE

Kildare

B: M Stibbard, W Doyle, L Quilter

HB: T Lawler, A Whyte, H Woods

C: K Flood, W Reinhold, F Jenkins

HF: R Browning, D Irvine, M Howe

F: I Lyons, P Voss, B Carroll

Foll: W McGowan, S Macklan, R Allen

Inter: (from) N Simons, B Jones, H Voss, E O'Connell, W Ashcroft, H Kelly, A Matowe, T Sase

Mater Dei

B: Z Randal, X Heeney, B Male

HB: L Grigg, L Johnson, W Seymour

C: J Duke, W Clark, H Mitter

HF: A Grigg, H Gilmore, H Wichman

F: W Hamblin, K McMahon, A Curry

Foll: J Mooney, R Bourne, K Hockley

Inter: W Adams, T Adams, J Lucas, B Pollack

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