New Zealand Women’s Sevens Coach Darryl Suasua has today announced his 17-strong training squad for the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.
The squad will assemble on 23 February for a five-day training camp at the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health in Albany, Auckland. The final squad for Dubai will be named on 26 February.
“I am really excited by the talent that we have in the training squad. The trial camp was very competitive and the growth of the team overall has been outstanding,” Suasua said.
“The toughest decision I had to make was who to leave out of this camp and I still have some hard choices ahead when I finalise the final 12 players for Dubai,” he said.
Suasua said there was a real national spread amongst the squad.
“We have nine Provincial Unions represented which shows you just how popular women’s rugby still is in some of the smaller provinces, given that only six unions compete in the Women’s National Provincial Championship.”
Ten of the players named are current members of the Black Ferns squad.
The 2009 Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens takes place in Dubai from 5-7 March.
New Zealand Women’s Sevens training squad: Kelly Brazier (Otago), Kendra Cocksedge (Canterbury), Exia Edwards (Bay of Plenty), Julie Ferguson (Hawkes Bay) Victoria Grant (Auckland), Carla Hohepa (Otago), Linda Itunu (Auckland), Justine Lavea (Auckland), Huriana Manuel (Auckland), Angela McGregor (Auckland), Hannah Porter (Auckland), Anna Richards (Auckland), Aimee Sutorius (Wellington), Teresa Te Tamaki (Auckland), Renee Wickliffe (Counties Manukau), Rachel Wikeepa (Waikato), Selica Winiata (Manawatu).
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