Mid North Coast didn’t field a team in this season’s Women’s Premier League first grade competition.

If their first 10 minutes of the second half against the W-League semi-finalists is any indication, they could have a competitive team next season.

At the time, they trailed 12-0.

Football Mid North Coast have ambitions of returning to the top flight.

“It was a real learning experience, especially in the first half when their first grade side was on,” Grass said.

“The speed of the players and the speed of the ball movement was something some of these girls had never seen before.”

The coach has already signed up a number of players for their 2019 campaign.

“I’ve already signed up seven players and we’re in talks with some other players to get back in that first grade side, so I’m pretty confident we’ll have a first grade side next year,” Grass said.

“This was an opportunity to look at a few players and see where they might fit in going forward.

“I hoped to get experience for our players just to see what the quality is like at a higher level and it gives them the idea of how hard they have to work to try and achieve that.”

Encouragingly, Mid North Coast had a handful of opportunities to put the ball in the back of the net in the second half, with the Jets last-ditch efforts preserving their clean sheet.

A shot was cleared off the line, while Bianca Mason hit the outside of the right post.

“No doubt there were a bit of nerves for the girls early on and they were like deers in headlights at some stages,” Grass said.

“But once they got into the game and established themselves I thought they did a pretty good job.

“We live in a bit of a bubble up here so we try not to see the quality they need at times and now they’ve seen it so it’s a good experience for them.”

Grass was impressed with the performance of attacking midfielders Rubi Grass and Emma Shipperlee along with striker Courtney Anderson.

“They tired pretty quick, but kept working until the end,” he said.

Defender Sam Bestwick provided some composure at the back after the opening six-goal blitz.

“She gave us something different like a bit of aggression and organisation and she’s a bit older than some of the other girls too so she had that experience,” Grass said.

“Everything was speed with them and they do things so fast so we had to respond to that and for the first six goals we just weren’t able to.”