Mes forced her way into the Mystics starting line-up for the final two games of the season, albeit at wing attack.
Come the first centre-pass in the opening test in Invercargill tomorrow night, the pair will have had less than a week to try to slot into a Silver Ferns attack line already considered frail after they were left exposed by a relentless Australian defensive effort in their 18-goal capitulation to the Diamonds in the Glasgow final.
But Wilson believes if either is called on in the opening test, they will be ready.
"They've been in the daily high performance training environment and that environment really ensures you are ready for a tough tussle. We've been doing a lot of work with them and making sure they have a real understanding of the intensity of the play so it's not a surprise once you step out on court," she said.
"In an ideal world we would have liked them to be match-hardened, but that's not the case so we just have to prepare them as best we can in camp, and I think we've done a good job of that."
Given Wilson and coach Waimarama Taumaunu were still trying to consolidate their shooting end following the retirement of 145-cap Silver Fern Irene van Dyk, the loss of Tutaia to a foot injury that significantly hampered her during the Commonwealth Games is a major blow.
But Wilson says that in the long run the New Zealand side will be better off as it forces them to blood new players.
Cathrine Latu, who now becomes the Ferns' key strike weapon, is comfortable with the way the new combinations are coming along in the shooting circle.
She said as a group they are beginning to find their rhythm and developing structure to their game.
"I think [Mes and Wells] could be dangerous, they're very different to what we've had before - so that could work in our favour."
Latu, who played a limited role in the Ferns' Commonwealth Games campaign after picking up a calf injury in the second game of the tournament, said she and Jodi Brown - the pre-existing members of the shooting line - have just as much to work on in their game as the newcomers.
She said the Ferns' awful performance in the Glasgow final has been picked over a lot in the lead-up to tomorrow's test as the team searches for answers to bridge the gap on Australia.
"[The final] has been spoken about a lot. We've been very upfront about it, because you can't hide from a performance like that," said Latu.
"There are things that we can just park and never speak of again, but there are things we really need to address as well like why we weren't accurate enough and how we can better handle the physical pressure of the defence."
Tomorrow night is the first of four tests in the Constellation Cup, which moves to Australia for games two and three, before wrapping up in Auckland.
Shooting stars
62
combined caps in New Zealand shooting end
234
caps lost in shooting end with retirement of Irene van Dyk and injury to Maria Tutaia
5
consecutive losses against Australia
18
goals difference between the two sides when they last met in Glasgow
