"If we play at 90% it's going to be tough for us to win, so we need to be firing on all cylinders," Wakatipu coach Kelvin Middleton said, on the eve of the Central Otago premier rugby final.
Alexandra beat Cromwell 38-7 at Molyneux Park in Alexandra at the weekend.
In the Neil Purvis Memorial match at Tarras between Upper Clutha and Matakanui Combined, Upper Clutha secured the win 35-20 in front of a large crowd.
Arrowtown scored a last-minute win over Clyde-Earnscleugh at the Queenstown Events Centre after the visitors had controlled play for most of the match.
Wakatipu and Arrowtown will contest the final of the Central Otago Premier rugby competition after Wakatipu beat reigning champion Maniototo 19-11 and Arrowtown scored a last-minute 21-17 win over Clyde-Earnscleugh.
Tomorrow, after countless hours of training, 13 rounds of rugby and two bruising semi-finals, the Wakatipu and Arrowtown premier rugby teams will meet for the third time this season in what, for their fans, is a dream Central Otago premier final.
Charlie Hore scored 34 points, including four tries in a man-of-the-match performance in Maniototo's 44-3 win over Upper Clutha at Ranfurly.
Clyde-Earnscleugh got back on track after a belting last week to win 42-0 over Matakanui Combined at the Clyde Domain.
Alexandra put together an excellent second half to give Arrowtown a scare. The teams were locked at 31-31 at the final whistle.
Wakatipu retained the White Horse Cup without too many problems when it beat Cromwell 45-10 in the last cup defence of the season at the Recreation Ground in Queenstown on Saturday afternoon.
Wakatipu clawed its way to the top of the Central Otago rugby standings after beating Arrowtown 14-11 in atrocious conditions at Jack Reid Park on Saturday afternoon.
Maniototo got its season back on track, after losing five matches in a row, by beating neighbour Matakanui Combined 31-7 at Omakau.
Upper Clutha stunned many fans when it hammered Clyde-Earnscleugh 44-0 in Wanaka.
Alexandra picked up a much-needed win 18-0 over Cromwell at Molyneux Park to keep it in the hunt for the top four with just two rounds left to play.
Wakatipu went to Wanaka and thrashed Upper Clutha 58-17 to gain five valuable competition points and earn outright second in the Central Otago standings with three matches to play.
Cromwell got its second win of the season and second in a row as it knocked off Matakanui Combined 20-19 at Omakau.
Maniototo and Alexandra played out a thriller at Ranfurly, the home side kicking a penalty in the final moments to win 13-10.
Clyde-Earnscleugh handed competition leader Arrowtown just its second loss of the season in an 18-7 victory at the Clyde Domain on Saturday afternoon.
Alexandra ground out a win over Matakanui Combined 16-10 at Molyneux Park in Alexandra.
Arrowtown put together another dominant performance to beat Upper Clutha 41-17 at Jack Reid Park.
