Walgett Aboriginal Connection are back-to-back men's Koori Knockout champions, downing Nanima Common Connection 46-12 in a statement-making end to another year's carnival.
Packed supporter and playing tents bathed in red streamed on to 'WAC Stadium' at Jack Arrow Oval in Bathurst after the final whistle.
The host side had raced to an already convincing lead before three late tries ended any hopes of an upset.
Hours after his former club collected their fourth-straight NRL premiership, recently-retired Panther Tyrone Peachey made the perfect start for his underdogs.
The 33-year-old pounced on his own grubbed kick into goal after slipping past WAC's defensive line to add first points in the opening sets.
It wasn't long before Walgett, via a right-side break ending in Will Kennedy's hands, responded to square things.
WAC took control of the contest through the middle, before asking continued questions of Nanimas defence out wide at the line, and regular line breaks from within their own half.
Sharks no.1 Will Kennedy looked threatening at the line whenever he had the ball in hand, with former Dally M medallist Ben Barba damaging in the halves - to go with a first half try, and young wing Chris Woodbridge finding paddocks on the left side.
"It's pretty unreal to go back-to-back," Woodbridge told National Indigenous Times after the final siren, as players were swarmed by fans.
"I had all the space in the world, but didn't have the legs today"
After breaking down the sideline, Woodbridge was caught metres short a handful of times as Nanima desperately attempted to stay in the contest.
The runner-ups were denied twice in the corner by the touch judge as they attempted to claw back a 22-6 half time deficit.
After their second try, with plenty of work still ahead of them, WAC responded immediately when they regathered their unclaimed kick-off to score next to the posts before putting on the final touches to run out 34 point winners.
Redfern All Blacks return to top after 2023 heartbreak
Women's division powerhouses Redfern All Blacks ended their seven-year wait for ultimate honours at the Knockout overrunning Bourke Warriors in the second half of their grand final on Monday afternoon.
Both sides came into the final confident off of hot semi-final wins, the All Blacks downing Cabbage Tree Island 36-nil, and Bourke putting an unanswered 34 points on Darkinjung Waters to start the morning.
Bourke broke the deadlock five minutes out from half time before both sides turned the dial up on physicality with plenty of feeling in the arm wrestle.
The second half was all Refern, strolling in for four second half tries to make amends for an extra-time drop goal loss in the decider to Newcastle Yowies 12 months earlier.
