BanyanaBanyana coach Desiree Ellis has announced a strong squad of 23 players, with a blend of experience and youth, for the 2023 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia .
The squad includes veterans in defender Noko Matlou, who has 167 caps, and midfielder Refiloe Jane who is following her closely having represented the country on 132 occasions.Ellis also included striker Wendy Shongwe of University of Pretoria as the only uncapped player while goalkeeper Kebotseng Moletsane of Royal AM has only one cap.Regril Ngobeni and Amogelang Motau, both of the University of Western Cape , and Nthabiseng Majiya of Richmond.
1m which will be a massive boost to them personally given the fact that women’s football is still amateur in the country.Banyana are drawn in Group G with Sweden, Italy and Argentina and aim to do better than they did in the previous World Cup in France, where they lost their three matches.“It was probably the most difficult selection that I have ever had to do. Obviously there are those who are going to be disappointed, but we asked them to raise their hands and they did.
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