Today's AWs squad to the Nations Cup.
GK: Paulsen, Crocombe, Sail
DF: Kelly-Heald, Bindon, Surman, Smith, Cacace, Payne, Sutton
MF: Rufer, Howieson, Conchie, Old
FW: Waine, Mata, Just, Randall, OVH, Barbarouses, Greive
10 of the squad U23 & eligible for the Olympics.
We know a 2nd keeper (Sims or Gray), plus Stamenic & Garbett are givens.
3 overage players. Likely from Payne/Cacace/Singh & Wood.
That means now basically 16 of 18 man squad pick themselves
GK: Paulsen, Sims/Gray
DF: Bindon, Surman, Kelly-Heald, Sutton, Payne/Cacace
MF: Conchie, Old, Garbett, Stamenic, Singh
FW: Waine, Randall, OVH, Wood
Who will be the other two?
I reckon Hughes & Herdman. With Bindon to be more a RB than CB
Sims/Gray, Sheridan, Dibley-Dias & Bidois as the 4 travelling reserves.
Dibley-Dias is the unknown. If he's not available then I'd go with Lachlan Bayliss (Jets). Obviously the Olympics don't cap tie Dibley-Dias, but the Nations Cup would. But eventually he has to decide is he a Kiwi or not.
GK: Paulsen, Crocombe, Sail
DF: Kelly-Heald, Bindon, Surman, Smith, Cacace, Payne, Sutton
MF: Rufer, Howieson, Conchie, Old
FW: Waine, Mata, Just, Randall, OVH, Barbarouses, Greive
10 of the squad U23 & eligible for the Olympics.
We know a 2nd keeper (Sims or Gray), plus Stamenic & Garbett are givens.
3 overage players. Likely from Payne/Cacace/Singh & Wood.
That means now basically 16 of 18 man squad pick themselves
GK: Paulsen, Sims/Gray
DF: Bindon, Surman, Kelly-Heald, Sutton, Payne/Cacace
MF: Conchie, Old, Garbett, Stamenic, Singh
FW: Waine, Randall, OVH, Wood
Who will be the other two?
I reckon Hughes & Herdman. With Bindon to be more a RB than CB
Sims/Gray, Sheridan, Dibley-Dias & Bidois as the 4 travelling reserves.
Dibley-Dias is the unknown. If he's not available then I'd go with Lachlan Bayliss (Jets). Obviously the Olympics don't cap tie Dibley-Dias, but the Nations Cup would. But eventually he has to decide is he a Kiwi or not.