Wallis has missed the past two games with a knee injury but returns to face the second-placed Saints at Ardlethan.

Northern Jets coach Josh Avis hopes they can repeat the upset of the Saints from earlier in the year.

"I definitely don't think we're going to get underestimated, like we were last time," Avis said.

"I don't think we're going to fly under the radar at all this year anymore, we've poked our heads up, possibly a little bit too early but that's ok because we wanted to seal finals and you've got to make your run when you can.

"I'm expecting they will be right up for it and wanting to move the ball as quickly as they can and try and knock us out of the contest pretty early."

Meantime, Nick Hull returns for East Wagga-Kooringal's top of the table clash with Marrar at Langtry Oval.

The Hawks have also included the Walwa-based Jarrad Boumann on an extended bench after he missed last week.

Dayne Hancock comes in for Cal Gardner at Marrar.

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