ENGLAND Netball have revealed their first two squads for 2025, with the squads for both the Netball Nations Cup and the England A Series released.

12 members of the squad that battled Jamaica last month will feature in the Netball Nations Cup, alongside three of the Fast5 members in Zara Everitt, Paige Reed and Alicia Scholes.

It is going to be a very young shooting end, with Eleanor Cardwell, Natalie Metcalf and Helen Housby all unavailable.

The Netball Nations Cup will be played in Nottingham and London on February 1, 2, 8 and 9 and will see the Roses battle South Africa, Uganda and Malawi.

England Netball Nations Cup Squad 

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Imogen Allison
Amy Carter
Beth Cobden
Zara Everitt
Funmi Fadoju
Berri Neil
Lois Pearson
Razia Quashie
Ellie Rattu
Paige Reed
Alicia Scholes
Jess Shaw
Liv Tchine
Francesca Williams

Alongside the Nations Cup squad, an England A side has been named to play a series of warm up matches against the tourists from January 28 to 31, however these matches will be behind closed doors.

England A Squad

Bella Baylis
Jasmine Brown
Alice Harvey
Hannah Joseph
Taylor McKevitt
Vicki Oyesola
Hannah Passmore
Tash Pavelin
Emma Rayner    
Emma Thacker

Speaking of the upcoming Nations Cup, England Head Coach Jess Thirlby welcomed the challenge of kickstarting 2025 against the top three African nations.

“All three teams continue to rise up in world netball and have been actively playing more competition of late,” she said.

“South Africa showed that they have real talent coming through their system when we last played them in December 2023, with a number of impressive debutants taking to court. They too will come into this competition hot off playing a series against Jamaica and will no doubt pose a fantastic challenge for us.”