Pretty light in the forwards, but great to see Gabi Rennie selected. Offers good pace and power. Hope she gets plenty of game time to test herself at this level.
Doubt the forwards will be seeing much of the ball. Wish the Ferns incl Rennie all the best, but truth is they are on a hiding to nothing. Haven't played for a long time, and will line up against 3 top quality sides. For a contrast the Matildas have recently played 4 top Euro teams in warm up friendlies.
It is really going to be damage limitation, and some park the bus stuff unfortunately.
This generation of Ferns, have been well left behind as other teams have progressed. It won't be until there is conveyer belt of talented technical female players, coming out of Weenix & Ole, as there is with the boys/mens game that things will change.
Witness the success of Buckingham's U20s, and the justifiably high expectations now on the Tokyo Oly Whites. Those 2 high quality academies, were a huge part of that.
Real shame that the first top quality female prospect to come through Ole, midfielder Maya Hahn, has switched to Germany. Hopefully there is a few more like her now coming through Ole & Weenix.