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4 days ago
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- IOL News
Versatile Proteas squad named for tough New Zealand and Australia tour
The 2025 Proteas squad that will travel to New Zealand and Australia, minus Sanmarie Visser, who is currently in Australia. Image: Netball South Africa National netball team coach Jenny van Dyk feels that the versatile players chosen to travel to New Zealand and Australia, to take on the two top-ranked sides in the world in September and October, will compensate for a lack of depth in some key positions. Van Dyk named the Spar Proteas squad for the daunting clashes on Monday. With the likes of Boitumelo Mahloko out injured and Syntiche Kabuya unavailable for selection, defenders Entle Futshane, Nozipho Ntshangase, and Juanita van Tonder join the squad for the first time after impressing in this season's Telkom Netball League. 📢 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 Meet your new SPAR Proteas squad — ready to fight, inspire, and wear the green & gold with pride. 🇿🇦 Now it's our turn to stand behind them. One team. One nation. One heartbeat. 💚💛 👉 #WeAreAllIn — Netball South Africa (@Netball_SA) August 11, 2025 Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading Veteran defender Karla Pretorius also remains unavailable for selection this season, but the team will welcome back another experienced campaigner in Shadine van der Merwe, who has been playing in England's Netball Super League. 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. 'For this tour we are well aware of the fact that we don't have the exact depth we've envisioned in one or two key positions yet, but we have very versatile players within our core group that can get the job done for this tour, and we have a plan in place to create the depth we need afterwards,' Van Dyk said. She explained that trials held in Johannesburg over the weekend were the final step in the selection process, allowing them the opportunity to test combinations between foreign- and local-based players. '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 said the tour is crucial in the build-up to both the Commonwealth Games and the next Netball World Cup. 'We are going to go full force into these Test matches with the objective of really sharpening ourselves, whil also gauging where we are compared to the professional teams in the world,' said Mdodana "We know that the players are fully aware as to what our objectives are and how we're going to go about achieving them. There's the Commonwealth Games next year, there's the World Cup in 2027, and everything that we're doing is aligning to ultimately assist us in achieving our objectives.' While the Proteas went down to the Aussie Diamonds in a series at the start of 2023, their last match against New Zealand's Silver Ferns was their memorable 48-all draw at the Netball World Cup on home soil in Cape Town, also in 2023.
TimesLIVE
4 days ago
- Sport
- TimesLIVE
Netball SA announce Proteas squad for series against New Zealand, Australia
Netball South Africa (NSA) selectors and coach Jenny van Dyk have included three new players in the Spar Proteas squad to take on top-ranked New Zealand and Australia in September and October away from home. With Boitumelo Mahloko injured and Syntiche Kabuya unavailable for selection, defenders Entle Futshane, Nozipho Ntshangase and Juanita van Tonder join the squad for the first time. The trio impressed for their respective teams during this season's Telkom Netball League (TNL). Veteran defender Karla Pretorius remains unavailable for selection this season but the team welcome back another experienced campaigner in Shadine van der Merwe, who has been playing in England's Netball Super League. Midcourt dynamo Khanyisa Chawane will continue to captain the side, which also includes Kamogelo Maseko, TNL Player of the Tournament Tarle Mathe and top scorer in the Netball Super League this season Rolene Streutker. Van Dyk said trials held in Johannesburg over the weekend were the final step of the selection process.
