STATS THAT MATTER

Head to head: Redcliffe 24, Burleigh 20, Drawn 1 Head to head in grand finals: Burleigh 1, Redcliffe 1 This year: Burleigh 40 d Dolphins 24 at Dolphin Oval (Major semi-final); Dolphins 32 d Bears 14 at Dolphin Oval (Rnd 12)

BURLEIGH Points scored: 29.6 (3rd) Points conceded: 21.6 (6th) Experience: 80 (NRL games), 603 (Qld Cup games) Grand final record: 2 wins, 2 losses

First finals series since Rick Stone took them to eight finals in nine years from 1997-2005.

No Bears players have played in a Queensland Cup grand final.

Burleigh have used 31 players in 2016, with six playing all 24 games, the most of any team.

REDCLIFFE Points scored: 31.7 (1st) Points conceded: 15 (1st) Experience: 24 (NRL games), 757 (Qld Cup game) Grand final record: 5 wins, 5 losses

Two Redcliffe players (Aaron Whitchurch and Chris Gesch) have played in Queensland Cup grand finals.

Since 2005 the minor premiers have won just one grand final. .