AFTER the excitement of the announcement of the 2024/25 larger Silver Ferns squad, Netball New Zealand have announced the squads for both next month’s Taini Jamison Trophy and November’s Fast5 World Series.

There are debutants in both squads.

In the Taini Jamison Trophy squad, Claire O’Brien and Parris Mason have both been named for the first time, while Erena Mikaere, Saviour Tui, Georgie Edgecombe, Catherine Hall and Martina Salmon are all in line to make their Fast5 debuts.

The squad for the Constellation Cup is set to be announced after the Taini Jamison Trophy.

Silver Ferns head coach Dame Noeline Taurua spoke about the announcement of the squads.

“We really are in the early stages of the new cycle for the 2027 Netball World Cup and it’s a key phase as we look to strategies moving forward,” she said.

“This team has an opportunity to put a line in the sand of where we make that start and how we are going to build from there. I think it’s been great to have a core number of young players who experienced the last Netball World Cup and have grown from that campaign.

“Being able to watch them learn from that event and take on board the learnings into out next phase is exciting.

“Bringing in some fresh faces adds to that competition and that’s what we want to see at this stage of our next cycle.”

Silver Ferns Taini Jamison Trophy Squad

Taini Jamison Trophy: 29 September – 6 October

Karin Burger

Ameliaranne Ekenasio

Maddy Gordon

Kate Heffernan

Kelly Jackson 

Phoenix Karaka

Parris Mason

Grace Nweke

Claire O’Brien

Kimiora Poi 

Whitney Souness

Amelia Walmsley

Maia Wilson

Silver Ferns FAST5 Netball World Series Squad

FAST5 Netball World Series: 9-10 November  

Kate Burley

Tayla Earle

Georgie Edgecombe

Catherine Hall

Paris Lokotui

Erena Mikaere

Martina Salmon

Michaela Sokolich-Beatson

Saviour Tui

Maia Wilson