With the support of Rugby Australia, the 2022 season will consist of three tournaments hosted in Adelaide, Newcastle and Canberra throughout October. Dylan Parsons, head coach of the UWA Maali Sevens team, is setting high goals for the playing group ahead of the upcoming tournament.
Parsons is confident that the injection of new players into the team list will bring an exciting energy into the group that will help the team back up the performance of last weekend. Following the performance of tournament one, a special mention to Maali Sevens winger Martha Mataele for the call up in the Black Ferns squad.
The players travelling to Newcastle to represent UWA Maali for Uni Women's Sevens Tournament Two are:
Zoe Gillard
Taj Heald
Zakiya Kereopa
Nicole Ledington
Sera Ravatudei
Rosie McGehan
Paihau Pomare
Madeline Putz
Ariana Ruru-Hinaki
Eleni Crkovsky
Tamika Jones
Aiysha Wigley
The players named in the full UWA Maali squad for the Uni Women's Sevens Tournament in 2022 are:
Eleni Crkovsky
Rosalie Gent
Cara Gerber
Zoe Gillard
Jacqueline Gray
Taj Heald
Sarah Hynes
Tamika Jones
Zakiya Kereopa
Nicole Ledington
Megan Liddicoat
Keira MacAskill
Martha Mataele
Rosie McGehan
Paihau Pomare
Madeline Putz
Sera Ravatudei
Ariana Ruru-Hinaki
Charli Stevenson
Brianne Wallace
Crystal Walters
Aiysha Wigley
Chelsea Wilff
Full fixtures for the weekend's matches can be found on the UniSport Australia website, and all matches can be live streamed via UniSport TV.
UWA students are jetting off to Newcastle for round two of the Uni Women's Sevens series. After a successful campaign in tournament one of the series, UWA Maali are looking to go one step further and take home the gold medal.