W-League: Paige Kingston-Hogg relishing park time in debut season

That is how the born and bred Novocastrian is approaching her first season as a contracted W-League players: making the most of very chance that comes her way.

She was recognised as an emerging talent last season when given a Jets scholarship and earned a playing contract this campaign.

Coach Craig Deans has used the 19-year-old midfielder off the bench in all four of the Jets games and was pleased with her performance when she replaced injured Libby Copus-Brown 65 minutes into Newcastle's historic 2-1 win over Perth in Perth last round.

"Paige did really well when she came on," Deans told the Newcastle Herald from Perth on Sunday.

"She came on in a tough situation at 2-1 and had to play in the midfield, which is not easy as a young player. But she didn't give the ball away and she made three or four really strong tackles and won some important balls for us.

"With her, it's just showing herself that she's good enough to be here and I was impressed with her when she went on."

Kingston-Hogg was keen for playing time this season but she did not expect it to be so soon.

She played the final five or so minutes in Newcastle's matches against Melbourne City, Western Sydney and Canberra before the 25-minute appearance in Perth.

Now, she is keen to test herself against the defending champions when the Jets host the Sky Blues at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday.

"Coming into this season I was just excited to get in and rip in and hopefully get some minutes because I didn't get on last year," Kingston-Hogg said.

"I had a few minutes when we played them in pre-season in Wagga. They've got some really good players in there, they're quite a stacked squad, so it's got a bit of pressure behind it for sure but I wouldn't want to go into any game without nerves, so I'm pretty keen.

"It's daunting for sure. They've got a big title, they've got Matildas players, but you really want to give it to them and show them that local Newy girls can really stick it to them and give them a challenge. You don't want to give them an easy win ... we want to smash them."

Her main focus for the remainder of the season is improvement.

"[With this group] It's hard to come into a session and not leave learning something new," she said.

"Even just listening to the questions the girls have for the coaching staff really helps and watching the girls helps you pick up things all of the time.

"Coming in this year, I'll take what I can get and for me I've just got to look at every session as it comes and I'm not really looking too far ahead. I just want to impress every session, get better every session, work hard and see what I can get out of it."

The Jets improved to four points and fifth position on the ladder with a win in Perth. It was their first victory of the season and the first time the club had won a game on Glory's home turf since the W-League began.

Sydney are third with nine points and coming off their first loss of the season in a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Melbourne City.

Backing up their round-four win with another over the Sky Blues will put Newcastle into a good position heading into the no-points bye.

In other round-five games, City were playing Melbourne Victory on Thursday night, Perth host Canberra on Friday and Brisbane take on Adelaide on Saturday.