Netball South Africa announced on Monday the Spar Proteas squad that will travel to New Zealand and Australia to take on the two top-ranked sides in the world in September and October.
With the likes of Boitumelo Mahloko out injured and Syntiche Kabuya unavailable for selection, three new players have been selected to join the squad for the first time. They are a trio of defenders who all impressed for their respective teams in this season’s Telkom Netball League : Entle Futshane, Nozipho Ntshangase, and Juanita van Tonder.
Midcourt dynamo Khanyisa Chawane will continue to captain the side, which also includes the always-entertaining Kamogelo Maseko, the TNL Player of the Tournament Tarle Mathe, and top scorer in the Netball Super League this season, Rolene Streutker. “If you are going to take on the best in the world, you need players with experience, grit and a fierce, fighting spirit, and we believe within our core group that is exactly what we have.”
Assistant coach Zanele Mdodana added that this tour is crucial in the build-up to both the Commonwealth Games and the next Netball World Cup.
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