They are the only W-League club to not look overseas for star power this year. Instead coach Craig Deans put his faith in mostly home-grown talent. And it has already paid dividends with the current crop of players recording two milestone moments.

In round one they made history by becoming the first Newcastle side to take a point off competition big guns Melbourne City. Then on Saturday night they secured the club's first win in Perth after failing on 10 previous attempts.

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"It's just good that we're doing things like that using the players that we've got because we made a decision to go with local players, which is not everyone's cup of tea obviously because I don't think anyone else is doing it," Deans said.

"But it made sense for us. So for me, if we start knocking some records off using some locals players it's great for the town and for the club and for the players themselves. Then it filters down to the girls in the academy and they know if they work hard enough there's an opportunity there for them to represent the club.

"We've had international players over the years and we've never got anything against Melbourne City and we've obviously never beat Perth in Perth, so the fact that we're doing that with local players is a lot more pleasing I suppose."

Two home-grown players making the most of their opportunities are Lauren Allan and Paige Kingston-Hogg.

Allan, 23, was signed by the Jets straight out of Herald Women's Premier League while 19-year-old Kingston-Hogg has come through the Jets Academy. Both made their W-League debuts in round one and have come off the bench in every game.

"Lauren is finding her confidence at this level but she's got really good speed and she's going to cause problems ... my expectation of her is to have the year of settling into the competition and then in the future I think she's going to have a big role to play," Deans said.

On Saturday night, Kingston-Hogg was pitched into battle on the 65-minute mark when midfielder Libby Copus-Brown came off injured.

"Paige came on in a tough situation at 2-1 and had to play in the midfield which is not easy as a young player ... and I was impressed with her," Deans said.

The Jets face another tough challenge on Sunday when they host defending champions Sydney at McDonald Jones Stadium in the first match of a club double-header.

Sydney are coming off their first loss of the season. The match kicks off at 4pm.