Captain of the Mittagong Lionesses touch team, Rhiannon O'Neill said because it's the first game of the season everyone always gets excited.

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"It's a home game, so that always attracts a large and loud crowd and we encourage the community to come along," she said.

"It's the Timothy Moule Shield round, all the girls will be going out there to do the best they can do to support the family through this hard time.

"We'll be hoping to have a great friendly game. We just want to represent in the best way we can."

Coach for the Reserve Grade side, Billy Hayward said getting the win over Moss Vale, everyone wants those bragging rights.

"Mossy haven't had a side in the reserve grade in a while, so we haven't played them in a while," he said.

"There's a few former player on the Moss Vale side this season that are still great friends to the club. There will be a lot of mutual respect there.

"We're very excited for the game. The boys have trained really well over the last month.

"We had a very good hit out at Berry, so I can't ask anything more of them."

The rivalry between Moss Vale and Mittagong has been happening long before U18's coach, Cameron Arlington's time. 

"Growing up as kids, one of the main rules we were told was to not lose to Moss Vale," Arlington said. 

"It's been in the Mittagong blood our whole lives. You always want to start off with a win, especially against Mossy.

"It'll get our season off to a great start and then hopefully it's all peaches from there."

Game times for this Sunday's "Timothy Moule Shield" round.