The Vitality Roses have named their squad for his or her three-match take a look at sequence away to South Africa in January.
Fifteen gamers have been picked to journey by head coach Jess Thirlby for the matches which happen in Johannesburg on January 29, January 31 and February 1.
Thirlby’s choice comprises 14 of the gamers from the victorious Vitality Netball Horizon Collection squad earlier in December, which noticed England elevate the trophy for the primary time after a 2-0 sequence win over the Jamaica Sunshine Ladies.
Imogen Allison returns, topic to health, following her restoration from an damage which saved her out of the sequence towards Jamaica and, in November, New Zealand.
England beat South Africa, the world’s fifth-ranked aspect, 61-55 once they final met in February to elevate the Vitality Netball Nations Cup.
Vitality Roses squad for South Africa sequence
Halimat AdioImogen Allison*Jaz BrownEleanor CardwellAmy CarterBeth Cobden*Funmi FadojuSasha Glasgow**Helen Housby**Natalie MetcalfLois PearsonRazia QuashieJess ShawLiv TchineFrancesca Williams
*Topic to health**Accessible for rating take a look at matches towards South Africa solely
Thirlby mentioned: “This sequence in South Africa is a very vital step for us as we proceed to construct in direction of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Video games [July-August 2026].
“Going through a world-class aspect like South Africa away from dwelling will present a useful problem and a chance to check ourselves.
“As our last 180 minutes of worldwide netball collectively earlier than the Video games this summer time, it is a key alternative to strengthen our requirements, assess our progress and acquire readability in a high-performance competitors surroundings.
“We’re happy to call a squad that retains a lot of the group that delivered a record-breaking end result towards world No 3 Jamaica, whereas additionally welcoming again gamers who’ve labored laborious to earn their alternatives. Jaz’s continued improvement, Nat’s return to worldwide netball and Imogen’s progress again from damage replicate the depth, competitors and resilience inside this enjoying group.”
