Wallaroos reunite in Sydney for Tri-Nations camp

Thu, May 29, 2014, 2:00 AM
AAP
by AAP

The Wallaroos Tri Nations Squad reunited at the Sydney Academy of Sport yesterday as they finalise their preparation for the Tri-Nations tournament to be hosted by New Zealand.

The Wallaroos will play the New Zealand Black Ferns and in a first for the Wallaroos, will take on Canada as they continue to look ahead to the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup to be held in France in August.

At the conclusion of the Tri-Nations tournament the final squad for the Wallaroos to go to the World Cup will be confirmed. The Tri Nations tournament will provide one last opportunity for players to guarantee their selection for this squad.

With 15 uncapped players in the squad, the Wallaroos playing group includes a mix of youth and experience, including Tui Ormsby who is potentially in line to represent Australia at her fourth World Cup.

Head Coach Paul Verrell was excited to continue the squad’s preparation.

“The team has come together this morning and we will be working very hard throughout this preparation camp to get our combinations right and develop as a squad.

“The Wallaroos have never had such an extensive preparation for a World Cup in terms of matches, satellite training and training camps.

“We expect a very tough contest from New Zealand and Canada and the entire squad will be working hard to take as much from this tournament as possible.”

The Wallaroos play New Zealand on Sunday 1 June in Rotorua and Canada on Friday 6 June in Tauranga.

The Wallaroos came third in the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2010 having had no previous trial matches before the tournament.

The World Cup will be held in Paris in August with the first match for Australia on August 2. Australia have France, Wales and South Africa in their pool.

Wallaroos Tri Nations Squad:

Number

First Name

Surname

Representing

1

Hayley

Barclay

*QLD

2

Tricia

Brown

QLD

3

Louise

Burrows

ACT

4

Chloe

Butler

*SYD

5

Cheyenne

Campbell

QLD

6

Rebecca

Clough

WA

7

Dalena

Dennison

QLD

8

Mollie

Gray

*ASRU

9

Natasha

Haines

*WA

10

Alisha

Hewett

*ASRU

11

Ashleigh

Hewson

SYD

12

Ashley

Marsters

*VIC

13

Nita

Maynard

*SYD

14

Danielle

Meskell

SYD

15

Michelle

Milward

*ACT

16

Tui

Ormsby

SYD

17

Liz

Patu

*QLD

18

Brooke

Saunders

*ASRU

19

Oneata

Schwalger

*VIC

20

Hanna

Sio

*NSW

21

Rebecca

Smyth

NSWC

22

Alexandra

Sulusi

*SYD

23

Kenina

Terita

*SYD

24

Caroline

Vakalahi

ASRU

25

Madeline

Putz

*WA

26

Margaret

Watson

NSWC

*Uncapped player

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