New Zealand Football is pleased to announce 28 players who will attend a New Zealand A Women’s Training Camp this week from 17 to 20 January in Auckland.

With the Football Ferns competing in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France in June, the camp will offer coach Tom Sermanni the chance to bring the domestic-based players together and also see some of the younger players on the training ground.

Three members of the New Zealand U-17 team, who made history at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay last year when they claimed the bronze medal, will be in attendance. They are Anna Leat, who has three senior national caps to her name, Gabi Rennie and Maggie Jenkins.

There are eight other players from the NZ U-20 women’s side that went to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in France in 2018, who did not advance from their group but made headlines when they drew with the tournament hosts.

There will be five senior Football Ferns in attendance in Katie Bowen, Annalie Longo, Sarah Gregorius, Anna Green and Katie Duncan. Duncan, the experienced midfielder who has played 119 'A' internationals for New Zealand, has returned from international retirement to be available for selection. 

The Football Ferns have a busy international calendar coming up in 2019. The World No 19 will compete in the inaugural Cup of Nations against fellow FIFA Women’s World Cup contestants Australia, Argentina and Korea Republic from 28 February to 6 March in Australia. They will also take on the USA in St Louis in May.

The Football Ferns have been drawn in Group E for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, in which they will face Canada, Cameroon and the Netherlands.

NZ A Training Camp
When: 17 – 20 January, 2019  
Where: Outer Oval of QBE Stadium, Albany, Auckland

NZ A Training Camp – Invited Players

Lily Alfeld (Western Springs/Northern Lights) 
Elizabeth Anton (Western Springs/Auckland Football) 
Jane Barnett (Forrest Hill Milford United/Northern Lights)
Hannah Blake (Three Kings United) 
Katie Bowen (Utah Royals, USA) 
Claudia Bunge (Glenfield Rovers/Northern Lights) 
Daisy Cleverley (Berkley University, USA) 
Katie Duncan (Onehunga Sports) 
Victoria Esson (North Shore United/Canterbury United Pride) 
Anna Green (Capital Football) 
Sarah Gregorius (Upper Hutt City/Capital Football) 
Tiana Hill (Claudelands Rovers/WaiBOP) 
Grace Jale (Eastern Suburbs/Auckland Football) 
Maggie Jenkins (Glenfield Rovers/Northern Lights) 
Emily Jensen (University of North Carolina Greenboro, USA) 
Emma Kete (Unattached)     
Anna Leat (East Coast Bays/Northern Lights) 
Annalie Longo (Cashmere Technical/Canterbury United Pride) 
Sarah Morton (Western Springs/Auckland Football) 
Nadia Olla (Western Springs/Auckland Football) 
Aimee Phillips (USV Jena, Germany) 
Gabi Rennie (Waimakariri United/Canterbury United Pride) 
Michaela Robertson (Wellington United) 
Paige Satchell (Three Kings United/Auckland Football) 
Stephanie Skilton (Papakura City/Auckland Football) 
Malia Steinmetz (Forrest Hill Milford United/Northern Lights) 
Nicole Stratford (Onehunga Sports)
Belinda Van Noorden (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 
Saskia Vosper (Forrest Hill Milford United/Northern Lights) 

Article added: Monday 14 January 2019