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Nine young Tala eligible for U21 National Team

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

One of nine Talas playing in U-21 team, Beyonce Palavi. Photo: Facebook/Beyonce Palavi.

Tonga Netball named 16 players for trials to select an Under-21 National team that's set to join the World Youth Cup (NWYC) Oceania Qualifiers in September in the Cook Islands..

The top three teams in the qualifiers will earn a spot at the Netball World Youth Cup next year.

Tonga Netball CEO, Salote Sisifa said that nine members of the U21 team are Talas, "A testament to how young, up and coming our national team Tala is."

The team will undertake a training camp starting next week, to decide the final selections for a team of 12 players.

Players:

  1. Alice Cocker
  2. Isabella Fainga’anuku
  3. Lose Fainga’anuku
  4. Lucia Fauonuku
  5. Lupe Fonua
  6. Joesi Gisinger
  7. Lata Holi
  8. Liesl Hopoate
  9. Ana Kailahi
  10. Elisapeta Lousi
  11. Soana Manuofetoa
  12. Emma Mateo
  13. Beyonce Palavi
  14. Sovika Pousini
  15. Siulolo Richter
  16. Jaelin Tulikaki