In their final home game, and with past players celebrating a series of premierships from the 1970s, the Blues did it in style, racking up their first triple-figure total since April 2016, the same season they last played finals.

The 20.8 (128) to 10.8 (63) victory moved Coleambally into outright fifth, a win and considerable percentage ahead of the Jets.

"We had same day footy with juniors, and premiership reunions, so it was a good crowd and a perfect chance for the boys to play some good footy, which they did," Coleambally co-coach Mitch Carroll said.

"We've played some good footy throughout the year but we haven't strung too many good consistent games together.

"It was a little bit do-or-die for us and them. There's still a couple of games to play but we've given ourselves that four-point buffer and hopefully we can have a solid two rounds to finish and hold our position."

With a 6.1 opening term Coleambally got the start Carroll said they needed (and the improvement in goal-kicking they wanted having kicked 9.22 against the Jets last time).

However, when the Jets came right back in the second, to be down by just 14 points down at half-time, the Blues needed to show what they were made of.

They did, steaming home with 11 goals to three in the second half, kicking 20 goals for the first time since 2014.

And they showed they've got more than one avenue to goal, with full-forward Dwayne Weetra goalless while midfielders Curtis Steele (five goals) and Luke Hillier (four), wingman Charlie McAdam (four) and small forward Graham O'Connell (three) shared 16 between them.

"Dwayne played well and did a lot of team stuff," Carroll said.

"I told him he had a good game and he said, 'We kicked 20 and I didn't get any of them'. But what he done to bring other players into the game can go unnoticed, with lots of shepherds and blocks."

Carroll said the way their goals came was part of the appeal of their win.

"(I was pleased) with the way everyone moved for each other. Dean Pound did a lot of unrewarded work too dragging players out, and knowing where to run and open the forward line up, and create space for each other."

With Jack Cullen at centre-half-forward, Pound was a luxury to play on a flank. But it was Steele as well as Hillier and O'Connell who set the side up for victory with superb games.

For the Jets, Chris Bell and Matt Carroll were strong and Josh Roscarel put in another big effort while Matt Wallis kicked five of their 10 goals.

Coleambally are at Marrar next week before heading to CSU in round 18 while the Jets are at home to CSU next Saturday, then travel to North Wagga.

The Blues can keep things simple by racking up two more wins, but if they lose next week, they could open the door for the Jets or CSU to knock them out of finals the week before they start.

Blues' star Raven Marika also returned from a hamstring in reserve grade. He was on the verge of senior selection but the Blues elected to test it out in the twos instead. He came through fine, kicking six goals in a best-on-ground effort.

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