Griffith Swans taking on Charles Sturt University in Southern NSW AFL women's

The Swans will be heading into the game off the back of a three-game undefeated streak following wins over Brookdale Bluebirds and Narrandera, while their clash against Collingullie GP Demons didn't get a start after the Demons had to forfeit the clash.

While coach Trevor Richards said it was a shame the game with the Demons didn't go ahead, but he has turned his attention to taking on the top of the table CSU side.

"They have been the team to beat for the last two or three years," he said.

"They will be strong again and are on top of the ladder, so it will be a big challenge for us, but the girls are looking forward to it."

While being able to see some positives from not playing, Richards would have preferred to play to keep the good momentum rolling.

"On one hand, those who had bumps and bruises, it gives them a chance to rest so that we can go it fairly fit," he said.

"Then on the other side of that, we had two good solid wins in a row and were on a bit of a run, so trying to play that consistent footy week-in week-out give that it is only a short competition, it would have been nice to play to keep that momentum going."

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The CSU side is coming into the game undefeated, having seen off East Wagga Kooringal Hawks by 12 points and will be hoping to continue their run heading into their potential minor premiership deciding clash with North Wagga Saints next weekend.

Meanwhile, the Swans are two wins outside the top two, so a win this weekend will keep them in the race for a spot in the grand final in two weeks time.

Richards is proud of the improvements his side has made even over the short period of time.

"We lost our first two games. North Wagga in the first week was too good for us, and so was Ganmain the week after," he said.

"Having had a couple of games under our belt since then, I'd love to have had another crack at them, but that probably won't happen unless we play them in the finals so we will just go out this week and see what we can do.

"Hopefully, we can win our last two games, and if we do that, we will put ourselves in a position where we might sneak into the top two. If not, we will probably finish third.

"In saying that, we have the teams running first and fifth in the last two games."

The game will get underway at 7.30pm at Peter Hastie Oval in Wagga.

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