The comments come after Football Federation Tasmania officially announced the withdrawal of Taroona and Launceston City from the competition ahead of the 2019 season due to player shortages, leaving the Reds as the only team from the north of the state.

"In the longer term, no, the WSL isn't sustainable with a six-team league, but in the short-term and for this season it definitely is," Ollington said.

"It will put a bit of pressure on us being the only team from the north of Tasmania, but having said that we are quite comfortable with representing the North of the state."

While the reigning champions, who went through their 2018 campaign with a perfect 21 wins from 21 games, are weighing up whether to field a team in the Northern Championship or not due to player numbers, Ollington said their WSL team will be good to go despite some added travel this year.

"We've definitely got a good Super League squad, but at this stage we haven't decided, and we are having ongoing conversations with FFT, about whether or not we can field a Northern Championship team as well this year," Ollington said.

"It was a real struggle for us in 2018, but with the change of rules this season that doesn't require us to have two teams, we are just playing it by ear at this stage.

"Our strong desire is to field both teams - we feel it is important in terms of the longevity of women's football in our club that we do that, but we're not going to push it if we can see that we will only have eight or nine players in our Northern Championship team each week.

"We'll make an informed decision on that in the next week or so, but we are still working on getting more players committed to play."

Ollington said the decision by Taroona and Launceston City, while surprising, was understandable, but it had left the remaining clubs and their players in the dark somewhat about which days and dates they would be playing on as they await revised rosters.

"It surprised us that two teams pulled out in such a short space of time because up until the last few weeks  we were operating under the assumption that the Super League was going ahead as it did last year," he said.

"It's disappointing, but each club has to assess the players they have and make decisions they feel are in the best interests of the players.

"The Northern Championship season was supposed to start on March 16, but we are still waiting on a roster from FFT after they need to make some changes in the aftermath of North Launceston Eagles pulling out.

"In the midst of that we've had the two Super League teams pull out so we are waiting on two new rosters now, which is not ideal, but can't be helped in the circumstances."