Head Coach Andy Gibson has named his 25-player squad for the Waratahs Women to\u00a0take on the Reds at the Santos Festival of Rugby on Saturday in Roma (3:30PM kick-off).\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is a mixture of youth and great experience in the squad, with eight cap Wallaroo Leilani Nathan included at number eight, while Ella Roberts, the former Irish sevens player and Georgia Rivers, who was previously capped for Hong Kong XVs, are selected at right wing and full-back respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tighthead prop Seneti Kilisimasi\u00a0is the pack leader as vice captain, \u00a0with Edie Burke leading the side from scrum-half.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Gibson believes the clash against rivals the Reds represents a huge opportunity for this talented group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are super excited to see this group come together on Saturday after a quality four-week block,\u201d Gibson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis exciting opportunity to represent themselves, their family, their teammates, clubs and state has been a message shared by our captain Edie and an important theme throughout. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur game has come together this week at training nicely with our leaders driving the confidence to execute as a group. The players are ready to express themselves and lean into the strengths of their game and the Waratahs Women.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
NSW Waratahs Women\u2019s XVs v Queensland Reds Women\u2019s XVs\u00a0<\/p>\n
Santos Festival of Rugby, Saturday 19 September, 3:30PM kick-off AEST\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gallas Fox Park, Roma\u00a0<\/p>\n
Starting XV:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Laiema Bosenavulagi\u00a0Millie Parker\u00a0Seneti Kilisimasi (vc)\u00a0Grace Gillies\u00a0Tahlia Morgan\u00a0Ruby Anderson\u00a0Taj Heald\u00a0Leilani Nathan\u00a0Edie Burke (c)\u00a0Ruby Flanders\u00a0Kiana Vatabua\u00a0Jewel Fauui\u00a0Lusiana Vesikula\u00a0Ella Roberts\u00a0Georgia Rivers\u00a0<\/p>\n
Replacements:\u00a0<\/p>\n
16. Jaydah Ongosia\u00a0<\/p>\n
17. Elissa Langi\u00a0<\/p>\n
18. Armarni Bentley\u00a0<\/p>\n
19. Eliza Cotis\u00a0<\/p>\n
20. Georgia Moore\u00a0<\/p>\n
21. Maya Atkinson\u00a0<\/p>\n
22. Martha Harvey\u00a0<\/p>\n
23. Sydney Davis\u00a0<\/p>\n
24. Anita Faimasui Brown\u00a0<\/p>\n
25. Danielle Seckold\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Head Coach Andy Gibson has named his 25-player squad for the Waratahs Women to\u00a0take on the Reds at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,33009],"class_list":["post-895280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-waratahs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895280","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=895280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}