Sydney Coach Campbell Aitken said these two games are important. “It’s huge, it gives the players the ambition to take that next step. It’s a good step up from what they have been playing and a good transition into the Super W format,” he said.
This year’s Jack Scott Cup has shown that there’s a plethora of talent coming through the ranks in women’s rugby with all of the competition’s clubs being represented in either side. The Sydney squad features 14 players from competition leaders, Sydney University.
Sydney have included Josephine Falesita, Chloe Leaupepe, Fiona Jones, Ash Hewson, Iliseva Batibasaga, Tasmin Sheppard, Natalie Maclaren, Ana-lise Sio and Alex Sulusi. These players will add plenty of firepower as they are back playing together for the first time since their title winning campaign for NSW in the Super W.
Aitken highlights the younger members of the squad and what they can bring to the team.
“There’s a couple of really young players in there, Phoebe Loughhead who’s currently in year 12 doing her HSC, she’s got a bright future ahead of her and Shenai Lendill from Warringah looks really sharp,” he said.
The NSW Country squad includes some of the best players from the country competitions, such as Newcastle University’s Britney Duff, the 2017 NSW Country Women’s Rugby Union Player of the Year.
NSW Super W squad members, Katrina Barker, Alafou Fatu, Nancy Vaiaku, Inge Visser and Matalena Wilson will also be donning the orange jersey for the two games, adding plenty of experience and a winning culture to the side.
The games between Sydney Women and NSW Country Women will be played alongside two NRC fixtures. The first hit out is scheduled to be on Sunday 23 September at Concord Oval as part of a double header with Sydney vs Fiji NRC.
The second round of action will be another double header when the NSW Country Eagles take on Brisbane City on Sunday 7 October at Camden.
NSW Country Women
Katrina Barker Warringah
Emma Bradford Easts Newcastle
Ellie Brislane Eastern Suburbs
Rima Butler Campbelltown
Jessica Church Waratah Club
Tammy Clay Waratah Club
Britney Duff Newcastle University
Alafou Fatu Parramatta
Brooke Harper University of Wollongong
Jemima Henry Campbelltown
Annika Jamieson Waratah Club
Ellie Johnstone Wauchope
Ariana Kaiwai Blacktown
Bobbi Law Waratah Club
Jean Littlewood Port Macquarie
Katko Mahina Campbelltown
Yolanda Maiava Blacktown
Sarah Maiava Blacktown
Emily McDonald Orange Emus
Denise McGrath Campbelltown
Arabella McKenzie Eastern Suburbs
Claudia McLaren CSU Bathurst
Leilane Nathan Hamilton
Nichole Nathan Hamilton
Lupe Ngatuvai Easts Newcastle
Kathleen Ostler Port Macquarie
Candise Pisu Campbelltown
Karleisha Roberts Blacktown
Katrina Sager Campbelltown
Peta Salter Wauchope
Chloe Saunders Wauchope
Marita Shoulders Bulldogs
Rachel Simpson West Harbour
Jasmine Sio West Harbour
Sharnah Stevens West Wyalong
Tia Tyler Port Macquarie
Nancy Vaiaku Parramatta
Belinda Vakawera Campbelltown
Inge Vesser Avoca Beach
Melissa Waterford Bathurst Bulldogs
Mardi Watts Warringah
Claire Wilmington CSU Bathurst
Matalena Wilson Warringah
Sydney Women
Victoria Latu Parramatta
Kirrliy Laws Sydney University
Claire Thompson Easts
Josephone Falesita Parramatta
Ella Goldsmith Easts
Chloe Leaupepe Warringah
Fiona Jones Sydney University
Loretta Mailangi Parramatta
Mikaela Trbojevich Warringah
Ash Hewson Sydney University
Anne Rutlidge Warringah
Iliseva Batibasaga Sydney University
Phoebe Loughhead Easts
Carmen Leung Warringah
Tasmin Sheppard Sydney University
Amanda Gibson Warringah
Natalie McLaren Warringah
Sera Naiqama Sydney University
Ana-lise Sio Parramatta
Alex Sulusi Parramatta
Anna Andrzejewski Easts
Sabine Blakeman Warringah
Noella Green Sydney University
Adiana Talakai Sydney University
Kylie Coleman Easts
Bridie O'Gorman Sydney University
Ddiana Taefu Parramatta
Tisera Volkman Sydney University
Madda Wilson Sydney University
Tamyka Laws Sydney University
Jude Kendrick Easts
Annie Hack Sydney University
Courtney Frankl Easts
Shenai Lendill Warringah
Kimberley Davey Sydney University
Kennedy Cherrington Warringah
Sarah Maiava Blacktown
