Denied round-one games through no fault of their own, Launceston City and Riverside Olympic will welcome the chance to get their women's Northern Championship campaigns under way on Saturday.
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With Devonport forfeiting through lack of players and Ulverstone postponing through lack of pitch, the cross-town rivals played a friendly, which City won 4-1.
Barry Baker's team will hope to replicate that performance when they welcome Ulverstone to Prospect Park while, for the second week running, Riverside find themselves drawn away to a team with no available ground.
However, Jo Haezebrouck's side will get to play on familiar territory with Northern Rangers having hired Olympic's Windsor Park to stage all their Championship fixtures.
The game will be at 4.30pm, immediately after the men's fixture.
A week after both clubs began life in the Women's Super League, Launceston United and Devonport renew NC hostilities at Valley Road.
In the men's competition, Riverside also start a week late with defensive stalwart Joe Evans taking the reins and hoping to banish last season's frustrating inconsistencies.
Launceston United made the best start with a 4-1 defeat of Burnie United as Fernando Munoz made a successful transition from the NTCA Ground to Birch Avenue.
The Chilean's side have the twilight fixture at Devonport.
Launceston City will look to bounce back from a 3-1 loss to Devonport when Ulverstone visit Prospect.
Rob Shaw
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
