The Blues recruit, who joined the club before the cancelled 2020 season, went down in the final quarter of the 37-31 defeat to South Warrnambool at Friendly Societies Park.

Coach Raewyn Poumako said it was too early to tell the extent of the injury.

The Roosters led from start to finish in a wet and windy encounter on Saturday. They led by eight at quarter-time, 11 at the main break and 10 heading into the final term before holding on in the last quarter.

Roosters' coach Leesa Battistello, who has two wins from her opening two games in charge, was pleased with how her side played.

"We were proud of the way we were so composed. At times we withheld a lot of physicality and I was proud of the way the girls were able to stay focused on the game," she said.

"What I take out of that is that when we play our best and most focused game we can play some exceptional netball.

"To be ahead of Warrnambool by 10 goals at quarter-time we were really proud of the way we worked to do that.

"We are so proud of the way we started because it set us up for the game being up by around 10 at quarter-time.

"We knew the rain was coming and we are very confident in our ability to play the rain. We knew it would slow everything down and our skill levels would be tested.

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"It was a real slog of a game and we were so proud of the way we played a really clean and classy game, and that shone through in the end."

Poumako was pleased with her side's performance and said it had plenty to work on ahead of round two.

"We had lots and lots of turnovers but we had a slow start and it cost us," she said.

"We had plenty of opportunities that we didn't capitalise on. That is ok it is early days and we certainly have lots to work on at training.

"I'm pleased for our first hit out. We didn't put into practice some of the things we have been doing at training and didn't capitalise on all our turnovers.

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Poumako conceded her side needs more time to get back into the swing of netball.

"We are probably a bit underdone and we need more time," she said.

Both defences were dominant throughout the game with South Warrnambool's Carly Watson put together a best-on-court performance in shutting down Amy Wormald.

She was aided by Roosters' Victorian Netball League player Ally Melbolm.

At the other end Emma Cust, who was the Blues' best player, was strong alongside Matilda Fitzgerald against Roosters' duo Annie Blackburn and Olivia Marris.

South Warrnambool face another testing match next weekend when it plays North Warrnambool Eagles, who narrowly lost to Cobden.

Warrnambool will play Hamilton Kangaroos in their first home game of the season at Deakin University.

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