Sav Rocca or Ben Graham. One of these former long kicking AFL players now playing as punters in the American leagues is bound for America's Superbowl.

Rocca's wildcard Philadelphia Eagles pulled off a surprise win over the reigning Superbowl Champions, the New York Giants on Sunday (Monday morning AET) setting up his reunion with the former Geelong forward, who punts for the Arizona Cardinals.

The Eagles and the Cardinals will meet next Sunday to decide the National Football Conference championship.

The Eagles appeared likely to fight the Giants to a standstill, leading 13-11 with one quarter to play.

They broke free with an early touchdown in the fourth quarter and finally cruised to a 23-11 win.

The Cardinals are appearing in their first finals series since 1947. The Eagles have never won the Super Bowl, losing most recently in 2004.

"Things just started to click late in the first half and in the second half we continued to roll," said Eagles quarterback McNabb.

The Eagles engineered two goal line defensive stands on fourth down in the final quarter advance to seal the win.

The NFC decider will give the Cardinals an opportunity to avenge a 48-20 blowout loss to the Eagles on Thanksgiving Day.

"We play a team that is also playing well," McNabb said of Arizona.

"It will be a grind. You got two teams who are putting everything on the line."

The Giants, despite being the No.1 seed in the NFC, lost for the fourth time in five games to end their season.

New York (12-5) could not get the offence into the end zone during the competitive part of the game for the second straight time against the Eagles, who sent them sputtering in a 20-14 defeat here on December 7.

Graham, 35, only joined the Cardinals in December after being cut by the New York Jets in September following a four-year stint there.

He and fellow punter Rocca are among only six Australians to have played at the highest level of American football.

In Sunday's other game, Ben Roethlisberger threw for 181 yards including a touchdown as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the San Diego Chargers 35-24.

Willie Parker rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns for the Steelers who advance to next weekend's conference championship game against Baltimore.

The Steelers have beaten the Ravens twice this season, 23-20 and 13-9.

The NFC championship match is in Phoenix on Sunday, with the Super Bowl in Tampa Bay on February 1

- with AAP