I think you'll find the general consensus believed back then all year up until the prelim that the GF would've been Parra v St George. Neither of those teams ended up making it.
I meant more the matchup like whoever wins that game, wins the GF. And that was proven correct. Of course 1st vs 2nd would be the expected GF. Cause they were the best teams during the regular season.
But the Tigers were in form rolling through their finals games as well.