Wellington Redbacks will face Coonabarabran Kookaburras in the Oilsplus Cup

Fresh off finishing second in the regular season, the Redbacks will hit the road on Saturday to head across to Coonabarabran where the undefeated Kookaburras will be waiting.

The winner of Saturday's match will host the grand final and for Wellington captain-coach Kieran Brien it's their main goal.

"Hopefully we can host so that's the goal," he said.

"It's always a tough game over there, travelling over a couple of hours then trying to get the win."

Wellington will come into the match in strong form after defeating Canowindra 76-5 in their last game, a win which was the Redbacks' fifth consecutive win.

A proud sporting town, the Wellington community has been spoilt in 2023 with both of their rugby codes performing well.

Both the Redbacks and Cowboys have qualified for the finals with the latter still having two matches remaining.

In a tight community, Brien admitted the excitement around town starts to turn up a notch around finals time.

"You just see the whole town rally," he said.

"A lot more people pay attention this time of year, everyone starts talking about footy a lot more.

"They really get behind you, it's a good supporting base here. We get some of the blokes from the league come down as well to cheer us on."

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Wellington's 14 matches this season have produced 10 wins, three losses and one draw coming against Geurie.

But in Brien's mind, Coonabarabran has been the best side this season, a strong recovery after losing last year's grand final against Molong.

In a gruelling home and away season, Wellington are primed for a ambush on Saturday and Brien knows the going to be a tough ask.

"Coona is by far out in front, it's them and daylight," he said.

"Without being a bit arrogant we are probably the next best side even though Coolah knocked us off but we only had 15 that time.

"The rest are all sort of bunched together, everyone is sort of beating everyone.

"In semi-final footy, you never really know what's going to happen but I think everyone would have us and Coona in the grand final."

Meanwhile, the Coolah Kangaroos will host Molong in the minor semi-final also to be played on Saturday.

Saturday's match will begin at 2pm.

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