Injury-hit Jets limping to ALW finish line

Injury-hit Newcastle have to pick themselves up for one last effort as an A-League Women's campaign to forget nears the final hurdle.

The Jets could only name two outfield players on the substitutes' bench for Friday's home match against Brisbane, a game the Roar won 5-1 with former Jet Larissa Crummer notching a hat-trick.

Taren King, Gema Simon, Jemma House and Sunny Franco are among those unavailable to Jets coach Ash Wilson and it showed as the Roar secured back-to-back wins for the first time this season.

Goalscorer Lauren Allan said the lack of players was being felt and would be challenging again when the eighth-placed Jets wrap up their season in an away fixture against the Roar on Monday.

"We got a lot of injuries kind of one after the other in that short period where we had a lot of games and it's quite hard when you have only two field players on the bench, you can't really get those fresh legs, especially up front," Allan told Paramount+.

"A lot of us had to play 90 minutes and again we'll probably play 90 minutes again on Monday.

"It's quite hard."

While his team has responded fantastically to an 8-2 hiding at the hands of Adelaide United earlier this month with consecutive wins to move into sixth spot on the ladder, Roar coach Garrath McPherson is expecting a Jets team set on revenge when the two teams meet at Perry Park in Brisbane.

Friday's match marked a celebration by the Jets for Cass Davis as she extended her record for consecutive appearances to 110 games, and McPherson is hoping turn Monday's game into a similarly memorable occasion in tribute to those affected by flooding in south-east Queensland and northern NSW earlier this week.

"It was nice to come down here and celebrate with Cass Davis and