AFL: The Frouds live and breathe footy, Jacinta and Aaron met at a Harman Hogs presentation evening while playing for the club in 2000 and it's been footy all weekend ever since.
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Aaron is hoping for the perfect Father's Day weekend as the Harman Hogs look to snag some silverware with a win over ANU and the Tigerettes look to make it three consecutive premierships with a grand final rematch against Molonglo.
An experienced finals campaigner Jacinta missed out on the Tigerettes' 2014 premiership due to her pregnancy with their youngest, Claudia, 18 months, but experienced premiership glory with Queanbeyan the year before and with Tuggeranong in 2004.
She said the girls are a shot at raising the AFL Canberra trophy again.
"Molongolo have been building and are a bit of a dark horse. They shouldn't be taken lightly as in my experience, playing in a grand final is always a little bit different," she said.
"I think we have a really good chance and should go into the grand final with confidence based on our past results against them, but in saying that they have showed good form against some of the lower ranked teams, winning by bigger margins than we have been able to.
"We need to focus on getting clean possession and moving the ball quickly to showcase our running ability and skills with kicking and marking.
"Our tackling pressure against Ainslie was fantastic so if we can do the same in the final then that will help us secure a win.
"Previous games have showed that when we play well as a team all over the paddock then our overall results are better."
Additions to the Froud family, Eve, 6, Blake, 4 and Claudia have only improved the family's footy and has certainly not dampened family competitiveness, Aaron said.
"It's great to have [the children] out to watch- they love it," he said.
"Footy's always been a part of our lives, but it's pretty bad when you come out to training and think you're alright and your wife is better than you.
"I think if we were the same height she'd be a lot better than me, she's got much better skills."
It's been a long time between drinks for Aaron and the Hoggies, winning the flag in 2011 after a grand final loss in 2009, but the ruckman/key forward is confident both sides can get over the line.
"Losing last week [in the semi final against ANU] was a surprise, we can definitely play a lot better," he said.
"We started well against ADFA [in the preliminary final] and our defence was fantastic, we just didn't kick enough [goals]. We've beaten ANU earlier in the year, so we should have confidence.
"The girls are a chance- they don't need to do anything special just right. It's going to be a great weekend, plenty of footy."
Jacinta said after having three children pre-match routine has fallen by the wayside, explaining "family comes first, then footy" but encouraged both teams to try not to get overwhelmed by the day.
"Try to treat it as normal as any season game as possible. Follow the same morning routines and rituals, as long as it doesn't involve not washing your socks, and be confident that the effort that we have been putting into our training sessions and recent games will shine through," she said.