THEY may have comfortably won their long-awaited clash with North Wagga on Wednesday night, but Charles Sturt University are under no illusions next week's AFL Southern Women's grand final showdown will be much tougher.
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CSU's greater experience came to the fore in a 5.8 (38) to 1.1 (7) last round win over the Saints at a sodden Apex Park, where contested ball was key.
It was the first meeting between the dominant sides of the last two seasons, and they will meet again in the Easter Thursday decider at the same venue next week.
"It was probably about who played the conditions better. If the conditions are dry next week. I expect them to take it right up to us," CSU coach Sam Barrow said.
"We ticked a few boxes we wanted to, but there's still things to work on. We're still going in with the mentality they're the team to beat.
"The game was pretty quick moving considering how wet it was, a lot of the game was in the scrap."
In Wednesday's other match Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong finished its inaugural regular season with a fourth straight win after disposing of fellow newcomers Collingullie-Glenfield Park with a 14.13 (97) to 0.1 (1) win. Lucy Anderson finished with a five-goal haul, while Ineka Hart booted three.
The regular season concludes on Friday when East Wagga-Kooringal hosts Griffith and Narrandera travels to Brookdale, with both games starting at 7.30pm.
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