The Australian women's hockey squads for the forthcoming Champions Trophy and the warm-up series against New Zealand were announced Wednesday with chief coach Adam Commens naming 11 of his Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallists.
The coach also named four new faces - Georgina Morgan, Kathryn Slattery, Audrey Smith and Amelia Spence - for the warm-up series against New Zealand to be held next week in Wellington.
Slattery, Smith and Spence will also be part of the squad that will compete at the Champions Trophy in Mendoza, Argentina.
Senior mid-fielder Teneal Attard returned to the squad after missing the World Cup and the CWG 2014 due to leg injury.
Squad for New Zealand series: Teneal Attard, Edwina Bone, Mathilda Carmichael, Kate Denning, Kirstin Dwyer, Rebecca Dwyer, Jodie Kenny, Karri McMahon, Georgina Morgan, Georgia Nanscawen, Ashleigh Nelson, Brooke Peris, Kathryn Slattery, Audrey Smith (Goalkeeper), Emily Smith, Amelia Spence, Ashlee Wells (Goalkeeper), Kellie White.
Squad for Champions Trophy: Teneal Attard, Edwina Bone, Mathilda Carmichael, Kirstin Dwyer, Rebecca Dwyer, Anna Flanagan, Jodie Kenny, Karri McMahon, Georgia Nanscawen, Ashleigh Nelson, Brooke Peris, Casey Sablowski, Kathryn Slattery, Audrey Smith, Emily Smith, Amelia Spence, Ashlee Wells, Kellie White.
