2022 Constellation Cup (Oct)

Do Australia elevate another diamond to take on tour now Bueta is out? Or do they have a big enough squad they don’t need to do that?

Can anyone tell me the times these will be live on Kayo? I can’t seem to find the times anywhere, just dates

@McLeod – some of the Ferns were interviewed, Poi was one of them. Said she had had an achilles issue and had taken two and a bit months out to rehab and work on calf strength. Will be great to see how she fires in this series.

TB a few players have been out due to niggly achilles. Don’t know why they haven’t announced them.

I was thinking about Dame Noeline’s goal to be ‘3 deep’ in each position….

So, thinking we have:

GS: Nweke, Wilson, Te Paea S-R, Ekanasio (4 deep)
GA: Ekanasio, Wilson, Te Paea S-R (3 deep)
WA: Mila R-B, Gordon, Poi (3 deep, but 4 if (Crampton returns)
C: Souness, Gordon, Heffernan (3 deep)
WD: Heffernan, Johnson, Karaka (3 deep at a stretch)
GD: Karaka, Temu (Sulu F at a push, but likely 3 deep once Burger returns)
GK: Jury, Sulu (with Watson to return).

Looking at this, I feel very comfortable with the depth being built – my concern is C and WD. If Heffernan is the back up C, then Cullen needs to be in squad, but that means we are very defence heavy…. I feel like we really lack the flexibility of a Steph Wood type of player who can slide across GA- WA.

Curious to see if this squad reflect an intent to try Johnson at GD, or are they very intentionally going for a 4-5-3 split?

I’d tag Burger as starting WD with GD slide if needed.

I really liked our defence line-up in the Quad Series, Jury/Johnson/Burger. Karaka could easily slot in there too.