North Wagga will play their biggest game in close to a decade when they take on cross-town rivals EWK in the preliminary final at Maher Oval.

After beating Coleambally easily in last Sunday’s first semi-final, the Saints are full of confidence ahead of their showdown with the Hawks.

“We do (give ourselves a chance), we rate ourselves pretty highly coming into it,” Curtis said.

“It would be good to take them out in straight sets.”

The Saints will have to be at their best to knock over the Hawks.

EWK have beaten North Wagga on both occasions this year, by 77 points in April, and a 40-point win in July.

Curtis, who has moved from half-forward to half-back later in the year, said the biggest lesson the Saints have learnt is that they must use the footy better.

“We’ve got to take our time with the footy, not just rush it and keep kicking it to their talls,” he said.

“We’ve got to use our smarts a bit.”

Curtis, 22, has been with the Saints since under 17s when he moved to Wagga from Gold Coast.

He said Saturday’s final will be the biggest game he has played for the Saints.

“Yeah, it’s my first prelim final for the club, and that’s same with 80, 90 per cent of the players, they haven’t played in a first grade prelim before.

“I’m pretty pumped, it’s a massive game.”

North Wagga have all three grades of football playing in the preliminary final at Maher Oval, along with two grades of netball in a big day for the club.