Raw Tall Ferns named for FIBA qualifiers
- Feb 26
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Head coach Nat Hurst has named an inexperienced Tall Ferns squad with three uncapped players for their FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers in Puerto Rico next month
Jade Kirisome has been included for the first time after impressing for the Tauranga Whai in the national league.
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Cousins Emma and Briarley Rogers have also been named for the first time.
Tayla Dalton is the most experienced in the squad with just18 games, however the 24-year-old played at college in California and Washington state.
There are four players from the Adelaide Lightning team in the WNBL in Australia.
The Tall Ferns will play Spain, Italy, Senegal, the USA and Puerto Rico
Tayla Dalton (Tauranga Whai), 18 games
Tegan Graham (Perth Lynx), 3 games
Pahlyss Hokianga (Tokomanawa Queens & University of Portland), 13 games
Jade Kirisome (Tauranga Whai), debutant
Rebecca Pizzey (Southern Hoiho), 5 games
Sharne Robati (Adelaide Lightning), 5 games
Briarley Rogers (Tokomanawa Queens), debutant
Emma Rogers (Mainland Pouākai & Fairfield Univeristy), debutant
Emme Shearer (Tauranga Whai & UC Capitals), 8 games
Ashlee Strawbridge (Adelaide Lightning), 11 games
Ella Tofaeono (Adelaide Lightning), 11 games
Charlotte Whittaker (Mainland Pouākai & Adelaide Lightning), 8 games
Coaching Staff: Nat Hurst (Head Coach), Mel Bennett & Kerryn Mitchell (Assistant Coaches)
