The Chatham Cup is New Zealand's oldest football trophy. Many clubs have put their name on it – including three of the semi-finalists this weekend.
But not Nelson Suburbs.
Suburbs host Auckland's Birkenhead United in this weekend's semi-final and go into the match as clear underdogs.
But overcoming the odds is something they're familiar with, particularly their captain - and leading goal-scorer - Ryan Stewart.
"It was a bit of a shock," Stewart told Newshub. "When you hear the 'C' word you panic pretty quickly."
Stewart was diagnosed with testicular cancer two years ago. But with the support of family, friends and the football community, Stewart was playing again a week after his final round of chemotherapy.
"I played a game for division four," Stewart said.
"This big bald guy came off the bench and no one knew who it was and it was me. I came on and had a good run around for two minutes and scored a goal it was brilliant. It was good just to be out there."
You just need to ask his teammates what they think of him to understand just what he means to the team.
"He's pretty noisy," joked Sam Ayers.
"(He's) quite a personality around the club so everyone knows him. He does a lot for the club as well," Jonathan Gough said.
The Irish native's been cancer-free for a year now, and his next challenge is to lead Nelson Suburbs to the club's first ever Chatham Cup final.
"It's hard to keep a good man down really isn't it," said Steve Bignall, co-coach and father-in-law to Stewart.
Bignall is realistic about his side’s chances on Sunday.
"It's going to be an extremely tough ask for us," Bignall added.
"We're going to need a few things to go our way and we're going to need to perform well to get near Birkenhead."
On paper, Birkenhead looks the superior team but Suburbs aren't daunted by the prospect of overcoming the odds.
After all, they’ve got recent experience with Stewart.
"Those guys who are on that pitch with me last year when I was doing my treatment and it wasn’t about football, it was just about friendship.
"If we can take that mentality out there on Sunday no one can beat us."
Along with helping his side progress to the final this weekend, Stewart has turned his attention to help promote awareness in New Zealand.
"Sportsmen have got this persona that we're macho and we can run through walls, and at the end of the day we can all get sick.
"It's a matter of checking yourselves but a lot of guys do miss."
"My goal now is to make people aware of checking themselves on a regular basis."
The first chance for him to do that is a charity game in September where former internationals Ben Sigmund, Paul Ifill, Chris Jack and Phil Jones are all playing to help raise money for testicular cancer.
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