In years to come Ben Harris will struggle to sit around with his grandchildren sharing the memories of when he won his first Grand Final. He doesn't really have any.

Harris started at right centre for the Canterbury Bulldogs in last year's NRL Grand Final but he struggles to recall the details of their 16-13 victory over Sydney Roosters.

"You couldn't hear yourself think and everything just went really quick," said Harris. "A click of your fingers and it was gone."

The Bulls centre is determined to get more out of Saturday's showdown with Leeds Rhinos.

"Before the game last year I was really nervous so hopefully I can learn from that and not let it pass me by on Saturday. I am really excited to be a part of it and ready to go out and enjoy it. It's something I didn't expect to do two years in a row but we have got a good team here and we are really looking forward to it."

Harris has already had a taste of the Old Trafford atmosphere having visited the ground to watch his Portuguese wife's favourite football club Benfica take on Manchester United in the Champions' League.

"The atmosphere was just awesome. It was unbelievable. The pitch was absolutely marvellous - you want to play on it."

With his first taste of life at Odsal a horror home defeat by Warrington followed closely by a record home thrashing by St Helens, Harris would have been entitled to wonder just what he'd got himself into when he signed mid-season from the Bulldogs. But despite the club winning just two of his first seven matches the chirpy Aussie has always had a smile on his face.

"There were a lot of challenges for me when I first got here but everything is

looking good now," he said.

"At the end of the day it is only a game but we are professionals and we need to fix things when they are going wrong.

"We were up and down. We'd play good one week and not so good the next but we started to hit some sort of form towards the end of the year and hopefully we'll take that into Saturday's game.

"I knew we had the personnel to play

better than we were so it was just a matter of getting everything right. I think we've rectified the situation."

But Harris isn't getting carried away with the side's recent form, which has seen them remain undefeated since early July.

"We can't dwell on that. The last 11 games don't mean we are guaranteed to win on Saturday. We need to perform so we are putting in the hard yards at training."

Meanwhile, skipper Jamie Peacock, loose forward Lee Radford and prop Joe Vagana all played a limited role in training yesterday following knocks picked up in the

victory over St Helens. All three, however, are expected to be fit for Saturday.

Australian Ashley Klein, who was named referee of the year at Monday's Man of Steel awards, will referee the Grand Final.