Jenkins, who starred in the Tigers' 2014 AFL Central West flag win, proved indomitable in the midfield and kicked a game-high four majors to lead the Giants' 10.7.76 - 7.11.53 victory over the defending premiers, one which fuels his side's hopes of a home final.

The Giants remain six points adrift of both the Tigers and Bathurst Bushrangers Rebels, who are now deadlocked at the top of the table, but crucially stay ahead of the fourth-placed Dubbo Demons on percentage.

Trailing the competition leaders by 13 points after the opening term, Giants coach Mark Kennedy implored his players to lift. He knew his men needed a win to ensure they stayed in third place on the ladder with two rounds remaining.

The Giants responded, increasing their efficiency with the ball and in contests substantially and taking advantage of their six clearances to notch 20 entries inside 50 compared to the Tigers' seven.

It helped them to a 8.4.52 to 5.3.34 lead at half-time and from there they went on to beat Orange for a second time this season.

"They're a tough, hard side but we matched them around the ground," Kennedy said.

"Our second quarter - I reckon that was our best quarter of the year. Just the way we controlled the football, we really took the game by the throat.

"I wasn't happy with our completion rates (in the first quarter), we were down to 50 per cent completion rates.

"I said 'this isn't the way we play football, we really need to lift. If we control the ball, we control the game, the other side can't kick goals if we've got the footy'.

"They lifted it to be up to 68 per cent in that second quarter and we kicked seven goals. That really set us up for the game, from there we just had to nullify their run, nullify their use of the ball, which we did.

"It was quite even those last two quarters, but that was specifically us trying to hang on to that lead and play defensive, our backs were really good."

Coming off the back of a nine-point loss to the Bushrangers Rebels a week earlier, the Giants were determined to win on their home turf against a Tigers outfit hoping to claim the minor premiership.

That momentum shift in the second quarter was a crucial one too, as both sides added just two more majors to to their tallies in the second half.

"I was really pleased with the way the guys played as a team, we are becoming a really strong, cohesive unit," Kennedy said.

"We still had a few handy outs - we had Dave Manning out, we had Aiden Macauley out, we had Dylan Furnell out - you drag those three back into the side we had on the paddock - it's going to be an interesting finals series.

"(But) you can't expect anything in this league, it is possible for the guys who are at the bottom of the table to come and knock off the so-called leaders."