The Newcastle Jets will welcome back captain, Emily van Egmond for their Round 4 trip to Western Sydney to face the Wanderers.
Craig Deans was without a trio of experience last week as van Egmond, Crummer and Andrews missed his side’s first win of the season over Canberra United.
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Crummer and Andrews will miss once again – though the former is inching closer to return – but as with van Egmond the week prior, Deans will not be taking a risk on one of his marquee signings.
Hannah Brewer will again pair with the experienced Cass Davis in the centre of defence, following her first game of the season.
Veteran defender, Gema Simon has recovered well from a busy period with the Matildas, backing up on a short turnaround to wear the captain’s armband last Saturday.
Teigan Collister impressed in her starting debut and has again retained her place in the preliminary squad.
Newcastle Jets Round 4 squad:
2.Hannah BREWER, 4.Libby COPUS-BROWN, 6.Cassidy DAVIS, 7.Gema SIMON, 8.Sophie NENADOVIC, 9.Katie STENGEL, 10.Emily VAN EGMOND (c), 11.Cortnee VINE, 14.Taylor SMITH, 15.Renee POUNTNEY, 17.Jenna KINGSLEY, 18.Clare WHEELER, 19.Pana PETRATOS, 20.Claire COELHO (gk), 25.Teigan COLLISTER, 28.Britt ECKERSTROM (gk)
*one to be omitted*
Ins: 10.Emily van Egmond (return from injury)
Outs: 12.Tara Andrews (ankle – 6 weeks)
Unavailable: 12.Tara Andrews (ankle – 6 weeks), 22.Larissa CRUMMER (quad – 1 week)
The Jets face Western Sydney in Round 4 of the Westfield W-League on Saturday 24 November at Marconi Stadium. Kick-off is at 7:30pm (ADST), with the match streamed live on foxsports.com.au and the MyFootball App.
