Matt Geppert, a Collingullie-GP player himself, is in his third year as their coach. They've only had the one victory in that time, and none yet this season, but the win-loss record is far from the focus.

"Obviously they're not far away from playing 17s so we try to do a bit of stoppage work and things to help get them aware of what happens in senior footy," Geppert said.

"Definitely the improvement that they've shown (is the highlight). I've been with them since they were 12 and how much they've improved is phenomenal. And how much they've matured as well, as footy players."

Back when Kevin Sheedy was coaching the fledgling Greater Western Sydney Giants to weekly losses in their early AFL days, they made a point of celebrating small wins - breaking down quarters into winnable periods, and then celebrating winning quarters and halves before they graduated to actual game victories.

There are plenty of positives to be found around a junior team apart from the scoreboard. Seeing improvement from week-to-week and year-to-year, particularly within individuals, provides the buzz.

Last weekend, they went down to reigning premiers Turvey Park but enjoyed a Nick Woods goal.

"Obviously they (goals) don't happen very often but as I said, we've been improving every week and we've been kicking a few goals the past few weeks, which is good to see because I have been trying to teach them a bit more about moving around in the forward line, and how leading works," Geppert said.

Earlier this year, after losing to Tigers in round one, the teams played each other again the following week (when both were scheduled to have a bye) and the Demons kicked the first three or four goals of the game.

"It was good to see," Geppert said.

GWS Giants academy players, Hugh Bent, Oscar Wichman and Woods, who's only 13, lead the team and four players who came across from Osborne - Matt Chant, Lachy Bowyer, Alec Schmetzer and John Ryan - "have been fantastic."

Geppert said they've also followed the Wagga and District Juniors guideline that players be rotated through positions to help provide a broad knowledge of the game.

"We've been trying to do it so they've been thrown around a fair bit into positions they don't normally play," he said.

"They've brought that in until up to under 15s and I think it's good for when they get to 17s - they have a sense of different positions and how you're meant to play it."

He said most rewarding is to see players come out of their shell and really enjoy the game.

"The little kids that were a bit shy and didn't say much in the 12s are now some of our better players. It's great to see how much they've improved over the last couple of years," Geppert said.

"Like Noah Brodrick. He's one of those shy kids and now he's come along in leaps and bounds and improved a lot."

The Demons under 14s have two games against Wagga Swans in the next two weeks and finish with another Tigers challenge in the final round.