NO branches will snap off Daniel Beard's and Adam Matheson's family tree after the Warrnambool and District league grand final on Saturday.Beard, the Kolora-Noorat coach, and Matheson, the Timboon Demons coach, are cousins. Both insist their family will be proud no matter who is holding the cup on Saturday afternoon."There will be no animosity," Beard said. "At the end of the day, one of us is going to get to enjoy a premiership."Beard's father, Brian, and Matheson's mother, Wendey, are siblings."They'll both be watching," Matheson said. "It's funny because we lost our uncle seven weeks ago and sat down and had a chat to our Nanna who said wouldn't it be funny if you played in the grand final against each other."She has predicted the future."Attending the funeral of their uncle Graeme was one of the hardest things the pair had to do in life."We were coffin bearers together," Beard said. "Graeme passed suddenly and our families spent many nights and days together with the family."It's during these times that you realise where football and supposed beat-up rivalries fit in the scheme of life."The cousins had nothing but praise for each other's coaching abilities."I think Adam has done a tremendous job to take a group of guys that, if you look through their team, are nearly all guys who have come from the Timboon area," Beard said. "They have obviously recruited from outside where needed but the nucleus of the side are locals and for that reason I think they thoroughly deserve to be there."Matheson echoed Beard's thoughts."Both sides are chock full of local talent from both areas which is something we should be proud of," he said.Despite their close allegiances, the coaches have never suited up together for the same team."We had an opportunity to but if fell through," said Matheson, who referred to when he took charge of the Demons.Because he wanted to play with close friends at the Power, Beard went straight to Kolora-Noorat from Cobden and will now coach the side in a grand final."It's turned out to be the right decision," Matheson said.As much as Beard would have liked to have played with his cousin, he and his family were glad he chose otherwise."The people around the club at Kolora-Noorat are the most genuine family-oriented people we have ever met and leave any other club we have been a part of for dead," Beard said.And to make the occasion even more special, Saturday's grand final marks the first time in 49 years two clubs outside of Warrnambool have fought for the flag.