The pair endured 18 consecutive losses with the Kangaroos in the club’s debut Hampden league season last year.

But when the Kangaroos’ 2014 side produced an upset three-goal win against 2013 premier North Warrnambool Eagles in last Saturday’s preliminary final, they were hit with a wave of emotion.

“I looked at Ally and she cried,” Huf said.

“From the start it was disbelief. It was the build-up of last year, the games we could have won, the ones that slipped away and all the work we’ve done this year. We both had a bit of a cry.”

The pair are the only players remaining from last year’s Kangaroos side that went winless in the club’s debut Hampden league season — a result that hurt and drove the new-look Kangaroos through an exhausting pre-season.

“It’s a complete 360,” Huf said ahead of today’s showdown with Koroit.

“I still can’t believe it. I’ve been talking about it with Ally Feely and it’s like a dream. We just can’t get over it, we are in a grand final.

“I was one of those as well who didn’t think we could make it this far. I was just hoping to win a game, anything more was a bonus.”

Huf is no stranger to playing finals, having a long history with former club Hamilton in the Western Border league.

She was part of a losing grand final side in 2007 before being part of a triumphant Magpies team in 2008.

The 25-year-old sees similarities between 2008 and today. Huf and her teammates went into 2008 underdogs against competition powerhouse Millicent. Today the Kangaroos are outside chances against the unbeaten competition powerhouse Koroit, which has lost just once in its past 39 games.

Huf, Kangaroos skipper Kelsey Lewis, her sister Rhianne Lewis and goal attack Clare Crawford will draw on their experience from 2008 when they line up in the Kangaroos starting seven.

Huf said she occasionally watched the video from that triumph.

“It still gets you going, a memory you won’t ever forget,” she said.

Huf said she wanted to experience the high of a premiership victory again.

The Kangaroos’ climb from the bottom of the ladder has been built on a search for continuous improvement. 

That saw the squad begin pre-season activities in November, before fitness work was ramped up to three and four times a week.

Huf said she and her teammates had worked “two or three times” harder this year and the grand final berth was reward for effort.

But the wing defence knows premiership cups are not handed out just for effort. Koroit scored a 17-goal win in the second semi-final two weeks ago — a result that stung the then-buoyant Kangaroos, who entered that match full of confidence after upsetting the Eagles.

They enter another match against the Saints upbeat after a win over the Eagles. But Huf said she and her teammates were better prepared for what to expect from the all-conquering Saints.