Despite the seemingly comfortable scoreline, play was anything but said club officials as the Magpies pushed the Knights to the dying minutes of play.

It was in the last 15 minutes that the Knights piled on three converted tries to pull away for a strong lead.

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The Knights jumped out of the blocks and had two tries on the board to Cade Hotham and Tom Angel to race to an 8-0 lead in as many minutes, but the Magpies then produced their best football of the game to score converted tries to prop Lloyd Thomas and half Billy Hayburn to take a 12-8 lead.

Kiama restored the advantage right on halftime when a rampaging Tom Angel crashed over for his second try and Brad Killmore converted to give the Knights a narrow 14-12 lead at the break.

It was 20-12 shortly after the break when Callan Thistlethwaite scored in the corner, but the Maggies weren't going to go away easily and Charlie Parrish powered his way over out wide.

A Hayburn conversion closed the gap to just two points with Kiama up 20-18.

It was as close as they would get though with a late flurry of tries to Tyler Clark, Daniel Martin and Trav Barrett - all converted by Brad Killmore to round out the scoring.

The Knights will travel to Ulladulla next Saturday to take on the Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs.

Meanwhile, the Magpies face the Nowra-Bomaderry Jets at Bomaderry Sports Complex on Sunday.

In other first grade clashes, the Warilla Gorillas defeated the Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles 44-10.

The Shellharbour Sharks proved too strong for the Nowra-Bomaderry Jets with a 42-6 scoreline over the weekend.

And the Jamberoo Superoos had a narrow win over the Shellharbour Stingrays 14-12.