PUSHING premier Wagga City to the last ball in the first round, Kooringal proved they can match it with the competition's heavyweights with a two-wicket win over South Wagga on Saturday.

South Wagga were the most impressive team in round one, but couldn't match the Colts at the Wagga Cricket Ground.

Restricting the Blues to 151 runs, the Colts ran down the target with more than three overs to spare.

Ben Webster did most of the damage with the bat.

Coming in at four he scored a match high 45.

Webster also claimed the key wickets of South Wagga captain-coach Joel Robinson (26) and Mitch Sykes (22) to have a big impact on the match.

Kooringal captain Keenan Hanigan was impressed with the pivotal role of the allrounder.

"He batted really well, went out there and played his own game," he said.

"He set the game up for us in the end and pretty much won the game for us."

After the narrow defeat to the Cats, Hanigan was pleased to see his team take down last season's grand finalists.

"It was good to get the first win up after the disappointment of last week," he said.

"We were really happy with the effort we put in."

With a win and a narrow lost against the two best teams from last season, Hanigan believes Kooringal can continue to push up the ladder this season.

"We know we can match it with the best and think we've proved that in the last two weeks," he said.

"We've won one and lost one on the last ball against the two grand finalists so I think that will only give us confidence."

Kooringal shared the wicket taking responsibilities with Hanigan and Webster both picking up two before young gun Harry Perryman claimed three wickets at the death.

Four Blues batsman went past 20 runs, but couldn't go on with the job.

Luke Gerhard top scored with 33 while Grant Forrest made 30 before falling to Hanigan.

"To restrict them to 150 we thought was a massive effort by us bowlers and everyone that bowled (on Saturday) bowled really well," Hanigan said.

"We built a bit of pressure and they ended up playing big shots and the pressure got to them in the end.

"They might have gotten themselves out here and there, but I thought we bowled pretty well as a team."

Kooringal will now take on the winless Saint Michaels in the first of the two-day matches.

Hanigan believes his team will be suited by the longer format and is looking to utilise the extra points available.