The Crows will go into the Riverina League decider against Wagga Tigers as underdogs having lost all three meetings this year.

Preliminary final star, Luke Potter, acknowledged it’s taken some time but said their game is coming together.

“We’ve taken a while to click. It’s frustrating because we’ve played quarters where we know we can be a really good side and really damaging but we haven’t strung it together yet,” Potter said.

“It’s starting to really happen now which is the right end of the year, so it’s exciting.”

Tigers were Potter’s first taste of the Riverina League, with the Crows going down by 16 points in round one. 

When they meet on the last day of the year, it’ll be just two weeks after the 44-point semi-final loss at Ganmain.

“They’re a good outfit, they’re going to be hard to beat but we’re confident if we can put four quarters together we can get the job done,” he said.

Potter provided the gold against Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes last Sunday. He ran himself into form at the grand final venue with a six-goal haul, helping catapult the Crows into their first decider since 2008.

“It was hard work from the defenders and the mids up the ground that made my day a bit easier but it was good to get on the end of a few and kick straight for once this year,” he said.

The 23-year old tasted grand final defeat when captaining Glenorchy in Tasmania last year, his only premiership decider.

“That still burns in the belly, even though it was a different team,” he said. 

In just one year at Leeton, Potter has come to understand how much a win would mean to a town starved of success since the old Leeton Redlegs won the 1978 South West League grand final.

“Oh definitely mate, it’s been 38 years since this club’s won a flag so the whole town’s buzzing just to even get this far,” he said.

“Hopefully we can take one back there next week.”