The Ford Football Ferns squad has been named for the Oceania Qualifiers finals, set to be played in Aotearoa New Zealand, the qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michael Mayne\u2019s side will first face\u00a0Fiji in the semi-finals on Sunday 12 April at\u00a0FMG Stadium Waikato in\u00a0Kirikiriroa\u00a0Hamilton\u00a0(KO 7pm).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The winner of that game will then\u00a0take on the winner of\u202fPapua New Guinea v American Samoa on Wednesday 15 April at North Harbour Stadium in\u00a0T\u0101maki\u00a0Makaurau Auckland\u00a0(KO 7pm),\u00a0with the\u00a0victorious side\u00a0booking their ticket to the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027 in Brazil.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The squad sees Ferns\u2019 regulars Ally Green,\u00a0Jacqui Hand,\u00a0Gabi Rennie,\u00a0and Kate Taylor,\u00a0added to the group who won all three Oceania Qualifiers games in the Solomon Islands earlier this month\u00a0without conceding a goal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The full squad is:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Liz\u00a0ANTON\u00a0(27\u00a0caps\/0\u00a0goals)\u00a0Canberra United, Australia\u00a0
Hannah\u00a0BLAKE\u00a0(10\/3)\u00a0Durham FC, England\u00a0
Kelli\u00a0BROWN\u00a0(11\/4)\u00a0Newcastle Jets, Australia\u00a0
Claudia\u00a0BUNGE\u00a0(40\/1)\u00a0Melbourne Victory, Australia\u00a0
Milly\u00a0CLEGG\u00a0(23\/4)\u00a0Vittsj\u00f6\u00a0GIK, Sweden\u00a0
Victoria\u00a0ESSON\u00a0(32\/0)\u00a0Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand\u00a0
Michaela\u00a0FOSTER\u00a0(33\/1)\u00a0Durham FC, England\u00a0
Ally\u00a0GREEN\u00a0(19\/2)\u00a0FC Copenhagen, Denmark\u00a0
Maya\u00a0HAHN\u00a0(8\/1)\u00a0FC Viktoria Berlin, Germany\u00a0
Jacqui\u00a0HAND\u00a0(37\/9)\u00a0FC Basel, Switzerland\u00a0
Deven\u00a0JACKSON\u00a0(8\/1)\u00a0Melbourne City FC, Australia\u00a0
Grace\u00a0JALE\u00a0(37\/10)\u00a0Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand\u00a0
Katie\u00a0KITCHING\u00a0(26\/7)\u00a0Sunderland AFC, England\u00a0
Charlotte\u00a0LANCASTER\u00a0(3\/0)\u00a0Newcastle Jets, Australia\u00a0
Meikayla\u00a0MOORE\u00a0(77\/4)\u00a0Calgary Wild, Canada\u00a0
Emma\u00a0PIJNENBURG\u00a0(11\/0)\u00a0Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand\u00a0
Gabi\u00a0RENNIE\u00a0(45\/2)\u00a0Eskilstuna United DFF, Sweden\u00a0
Indiah-Paige\u00a0RILEY\u00a0(37\/9)\u00a0Crystal Palace, England\u00a0
Alina\u00a0SANTOS\u00a0(2\/0)\u00a0University of Denver, USA\u00a0
Rebekah\u00a0STOTT\u00a0(110\/4)\u00a0Melbourne City, Australia\u00a0
Kate\u00a0TAYLOR\u00a0(30\/2)\u00a0Dijon FCO, France\u00a0
Pia\u00a0VLOK\u00a0(3\/1)\u00a0Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand\u00a0
Grace\u00a0WISNEWSKI\u00a0(7\/0)\u00a0FC\u00a0Nordsj\u00e6lland, Denmark\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ford Football Ferns head coach Michael Mayne said:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are\u00a0really important\u00a0games for us to achieve the first of our goals\u00a0in our campaign plan, qualifying for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027 in Brazil.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause\u00a0of these games coming so quickly after the group stage we have made the decision to\u00a0retain\u00a0the vast majority of\u00a0that squad so we have real consistency and can hit the ground running once the players are back home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tournament in the Solomon Islands was a great start to the year, and\u00a0while\u00a0the scores reflected\u00a0the\u00a0difference in quality we have over those OFC nations, what was pleasing was the way in which we stayed\u00a0connected\u00a0to what we wanted to get from the\u00a0fixtures\u00a0in the way we played\u00a0and\u00a0approached those\u00a0matches\u00a0very professionally as a group.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely pleased with how this team is working on and off the pitch right now\u00a0and\u00a0how they\u00a0are for\u00a0looking for ways to drive each other in every\u00a0opportunity\u00a0we get together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we get to continue that work on home soil and we want to put on an entertaining match against Fiji\u00a0on April\u00a012\u00a0in\u00a0Kirikiriroa\/Hamilton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is,\u00a0we have not played in\u00a0New Zealand\u00a0in over\u00a0a year\u00a0so\u00a0being back in Aotearoa\u00a0is a real privilege and the prospect of qualifying for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027 in front of our home fans and families is very special\u00a0and not something we get to do very often.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe\u00a0players are obviously extremely motivated to come back,\u00a0connect with our people and put\u00a0on\u00a0a\u00a0some\u00a0good performances that book our ticket to Brazil\u00a0in front of our home supporters.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tickets for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027 Oceania Qualifiers semi-finals and finals are available now,\u00a0priced\u00a0at\u00a0$20\u00a0for adults and $5\u00a0for children plus ticketing fees,\u00a0from\u00a0Ticketek<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Article added: Thursday 19 March 2026<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ford Football Ferns squad has been named for the Oceania Qualifiers finals, set to be played in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-549183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}