North Wagga didn't even have a women's team last season so Saturday's opportunity to play in a curtain-raiser to the elite teams was something special.

"Not many of us had played AFL before so the coach Dowds (Nathan Dowdle) has done a great job in slowly training us and prepping us for a day like today," Harmer said.

"A lot of us are only four games into playing AFL and to have this is a pretty good experience for us."

The Saints thrived on the occasion holding East Wagga-Kooringal scoreless to continue a superb first year for a team of rookies.

"It was great to have the chance to show the whole of Wagga what we can do, and hopefully make it bigger for the women's football. You could hear a few people in the crowd cheer us on and a lot of families drove a long way to watch us."

The day's schedule was almost disrupted after the Riverina Lions forfeited to CSU due to player unavailability but the Hawks and Saints backed up to create an 'Allies' side for an exhibition game.

CSU captain Gab Goldsworthy thanked the teams for their sportsmanship to ensure CSU didn't miss out on their time in the sun.

"It's an excellent occasion and to be able to play on this oval before the women is great. The girls were so excited all week... it's awesome (to have the AFLW) game here and it's so great to have Alyce Parker and a few local talents playing here," Gab Goldsworthy said.

"It's also excellent to show our girls that it is possible and they can play professionally if they'd like to. And also all the young kids playing in the youth comp."

The Giants AFLW coach Alan McConnell confirmed the club is keen to tap into the talent being developed around Wagga.

"There's a couple of young women, 17, 18 years of age, who are genuine prospects to make it on to our list next year from this region (who) we'll be watching really closely over this coming 12 months and in the years ahead," McConnell said.

"I'll be surprised if there's not some more women on our list from this region playing for the Giants next year so it's great to be able to show them where they might be headed."

McConnell has been at the Giants for as long as the club has existed and said growing the women's game is another chapter for the club that started with very little when it first came to Wagga prior to the formation of a men's team.

"I think it's great for our club to have this presence in this marketplace (this weekend) and hopefully we get the opportunity to do it again," he said.

"I think probably it's fair to say the first time we visited here, we were a bit like a country footy club in a lot of ways, playing on a big stage.

It's been a remarkable journey. Unfortunately we still haven't got what we're really after. There's still a bit to go there, in the men's space."