EVEN though their season just started, the league-wide Easter weekend off means the Lady Devils won’t be on the park this weekend.

The division one women’s side was saddled with the bye in round one, and only played their first game of the season last weekend, a 9-0 destruction of Albury City.

Now, the Lady Devils will have to wait another week to continue their season, but once they make their return, they face a massive block of matches.

The Lady Devils will play every weekend until the King's Birthday break on Sunday, June 9, with hopefully more than one midweek FA Cup clash thrown in.

Senior coach Terry Masters said the side faced a massive block of matches which is sure to test the durability of the squad, but he had faith in the depth of players available.

“This year, because it’s a full league, basically, there aren’t too many byes,” he said.

“After Easter, the only weekend we get off is the King’s Birthday weekend.

“On Thursday, April 4 we’ve got an FA Cup game against Diamonds, and then we play Diamonds again on the Sunday, but it’s not just 11 players, there’s a squad now, so we can use 15, 16 players if we need.

“We’ve got young girls coming through that will be there for at least three years, depending on what they do with their schooling.

"We’re a very young side which is good – that’s why people like (Caitlin) Rizzo and Hannah (Swindley) are important for these young kids to help them out on the park.

“There are people in the division two who are putting their hand up - the div two girls did well as well (last weekend), we had basically an under 16s side, Sibel (Primerano) scored two goals and Samantha Scott scored a goal.”

Wangaratta’s women return to play on Thursday, April 4 in their first round FA Cup clash with Wodonga Diamonds.