The Kangaroos will be back at Maher Oval again to take on Marrar in the first semi-final,after outclassing the Blues for three quarters in a convincing 12.8 (80) to 5.4 (34) win.

They left little to chance at Maher Oval, kicking the first four goals of the game, outscoring the Blues against the breeze in the second quarter, and then dominating the third to lead by more than 10 goals at three-quarter-time.

"You're nervous all week when you're in an elimination so it was good to come out and stick to our structures, for the first three quarters anyway," Temora coach Jake Wooden said.

"We obviously dropped away in the last quarter, we only kicked one point, so I was a little bit disappointed in the way we finished. But I think the game was probably done and dusted by then."

It was indeed, in a contest that highlighted the sometimes yawning gap between Coleambally's form at home and away, as well as the gap the top four teams had put on the rest by the end of the home-and-away season.

Much like East Wagga-Kooringal's experience came to the fore against Marrar on Saturday, Temora's key midfielders, Sam Jensen and Kieran Shea stepped up when it mattered to steer their side in a winning direction.

The pair were instrumental in getting their side going forward, and popped up forward to share three goals in the second quarter, as Temora got out to a five-goal lead while keeping the Blues to just one with the wind.

Coleambally, with a handful of players in their first final, and prime mover Curtis Steele shut down by Jeffrey Mannell, just couldn't get into the contest in the first half.

And Temora - who have let games against EWK and North Wagga slip in the third quarter for the last two weeks - weren't about to let them after half-time.

"Through the week we put a lot of pressure on the group to come out after half-time because the last few weeks that's when teams have got the jump on us," Wooden said.

"That was a big focus point and we come out and put it to them which was good."

The Kangaroos completely dominated field position in the third quarter and the Blues were lucky to hang in at the back and limit the damage to 5.4, when it could've been more.

Wooden is adamant they're capable of better as they look ahead to the Bombers.

"Absolutely we've got room for improvement," Wooden said.

"There's times we could've capitalised more when we went forward. The midfield could improve a little bit more."

Key forwards Matt Harpley and Jacob Turner kicked a goal each but the Roos had nine names on the scoreboard, including doubles to Shea, Wooden and Jason Reid, who got them going with the first two goals and also played a role through the middle.

"It's been a focus to get that even spread across the team," Wooden said. "Teams know we've got dominant forwards and they try to sit one in front so we've got to do our work and make them accountable, which I think we're slowly getting better at."

Temora's defensive unit was also solid to repel the Blues went they went forward early, and keep them to two goals in the first three quarters.

Coleambally were disappointing and disappointed but kicked the only three goals of the fourth quarter to finish with positive intent after a year in which they climbed from last on the ladder to be back into finals football.

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