United have featured in four of the past five WPL grand finals, winning three. They have lost several key players this year but drew 3-3 with defending champions New Lambton last weekend while Olympic were 8-0 winners over Mid Coast.

"We're approaching the game with an open mind, knowing it will be definitely a challenge and knowing that Merewether are always a tough side to play against," Attwill said.

"But the girls are looking forward to that challenge. It will give us a real indication of where the squad sits in relation to the rest of the competition as well."

Jets striker and multiple WPL leading scorer Jenna Kingsley is not expected in action for Olympic until round three.

Goalkeeper Alison Logue returns for Merewether after being unavailable in round one and midfielder Sarah Bergin is set to make her first appearance for the club. The former Irish youth international missed round one while waiting for an international clearance.

United coach Scott Ellis was equally viewing the match as a gauge for their season.

"Everyone is super keen for this game because it will give us a measure of exactly where we're at," Ellis said.

"We definitely had some weaknesses last week but I'm positive we can put in a good showing and, if we can come out of this one with a draw or better, we'll cement ourselves as one of the likely top-four teams, which is where we want to be."

Ellis said Merewether will need to be tighter defensively and more composed in the middle of the park.

"Defensively, we weren't tracking runners very well and that allowed New Lambton to play one-twos all over the park and that can be extremely damaging," he said.

"That really just comes down to individual discipline and co-ordination as a group. The other thing was we rushed a little bit in midfield and that meant we gave the ball away a little too quickly."

The game is at 3pm.

Adamstown opened their season with a 4-1 win over Thornton and Rosebud coach Ryan Campbell expected "a good challenge to see where we're at in relation to one of the better teams in the competition" when they play New Lambton at No.2 Sportsground on Sunday from 2.30pm.

Eagles coach Brad Jones has his full complement available and wants to see a more "clinical" and "ruthless" effort after New Lambton failed to make the most of their opportunities with the ball at times against Merewether.

Warners Bay play Mid Coast in Taree on Sunday at 3pm.

The Panthers are then meant to play Magic in a rescheduled first-round game on Tuesday night.

Broadmeadow's round-two match against Thornton scheduled for Friday night was postponed with a Magic player awaiting results of a coronavirus test.

Northern NSW Football put out a statement on Friday afternoon afternoon stating the round-two game was called off as a precautionary measure after a Broadmeadow WPL player had become unwell and was waiting for results from a COVID-19 test.

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