North Melbourne is chock-full of confidence heading into its second consecutive Grand Final, leaning on an undefeated season and knowledge that it can in fact beat Brisbane.

In Week 1 when the two sides met in a Grand Final rematch, the Roos were still yet to beat the Lions from five starts, and were still smarting from the 2023 Grand Final loss. But after handing Brisbane its biggest ever loss, on its home deck, the monkey's off the back.

"We'd never beaten Brisbane up until that point, so I think it gave our girls a lot of confidence," Kangaroos captain Emma Kearney told media on Friday afternoon.

"We've just built upon each game throughout the season, (there's) a great belief in our group, we're not so reliant on one or two players like we potentially were in previous years, we've seen tremendous growth in some of our younger player and our senior players leading the way still.

"So yes, it gives us confidence going into this game, but we know that Brisbane are an incredible outfit. This is their sixth Grand Final, call them the underdogs, but I feel like they turn up their best for the Grand Final day. We know we need to be our best to beat them."

Being undefeated this season means the Roos are heading into the decider as the favourites. That isn't lost on Kearney.

"I think last time, not that I was surprised that we made the Grand Final, but we were riding a wave of this momentum, you know, knocking off Melbourne, then Adelaide in the prelim by a point," Kearney said.

"This season, I feel like we belong here, just like Brisbane belong here, and so I think that confidence is a lot different compared to what it was last year. But in saying that, when the ball is bounced, it's going to be high pressure and we know that we just have to be at our best.

"I think we've just been able to grow enormous confidence."

North Melbourne has named an unchanged squad, with Kearney making it through her return game last week unscathed, and Tess Craven nursing some soreness, but confirmed to play.

"She copped a heavy, heavy knock to the back, and she's taken a little while to recover from that, but she's good," North Melbourne coach Darren Crocker said.

"She trained really strongly today, and really looking forward to tomorrow."