She must be pinching herself after breaking into the Jillaroos’ side this year.

Australia warmed up for the Women's Rugby League World Cup final on Saturday with a 58-6 thrashing of Canada on the weekend.

As expected, the reigning champions advanced past the vastly inexperienced Ravens in the semi-final to set up a clash with New Zealand in Saturday's tournament decider.

Tindal’s Meg Ward returned to the Jillaroos’ backline after being rested the previous match.

Ward is expected to take the field in the final.

The Jillaroos did take their foot off the pedal in the second half with a number of silly mistakes and penalties allowing Canada to score a surprise try on the weekend.

After five-eighth Ali Brigginshaw opened the scoring in just the second minute, it was largely one-way traffic for Brad Donald's side.

The Australian five-eighth bookended the first-half with two similar tries - on both occasions Canada fullback Irene Patrinos allowed the ball to bounce and Brigginshaw pounced to score when she had no right.

After beating the Ravens 88-0 in their pool clash just four days earlier, the Jillaroos were never expected to be troubled however were at times wasteful.

Canada centre Natasha Smith burrowed over to make it 42-6 eight minutes after the break however the Jillaroos soon took back the ascendancy.

Donald has a headache on his hands over fullback Sam Bremner, who was once again a spectator on Sunday due to a leg injury.

Bremner has not played this tournament while fill-in No.1 Nakia Davis-Welsh was a standout and will be difficult to overlook for the final.

She proved her class with a 50-metre burst to set up Karina Brown midway through the first-half before scoring a scintillating solo try in the 61st minute.

Brigginshaw, Stephanie Hancock, Isabelle Kelly and Karina Brown all scored doubles in the 11 tries-to-one defeat.

Australia have identified New Zealand superstar Honey Hireme as the Kiwi Ferns' X-factor ahead of Saturday's Women's Rugby League World Cup final in Brisbane.

For the second successive World Cup, the Jillaroos and Kiwi Ferns will meet in the final after defeating Canada and England respectively in the semis at Southern Cross Group Stadium on Sunday.

A former Australian Schoolgirls soccer and Reds Rugby Women's Sevens representative, Meg Ward grew up in a rugby league-obsessed household in Samford north-west of Brisbane but never had the opportunity to play until moving to the Northern Territory earlier this year.

A firefighter at the RAAF's Tindal base, Ward relies on her air force colleagues to help her attend footy commitments and training.