Kiera Austin

Yes, the Vixferns.

[laughs] In goals we have Sophie Garbin, Kiera Austin, and Amelia Wamsley.

As our middies we have Kate Maloney, Hannah Mundy, Mila Rilulu Buchanan, and Taylor Williams.

And in defense we have Ash Irvin, Cara Steth, and Jo Weston.

So there's a lot of changes going for the Vixens, which is a team that notoriously stays pretty the same.

In terms of who is staying, we've got Kate Maloney, Jo Weston, Sophie Garbin, Hannah Mundy, and Kira Austin.

And the outs are Zara Walters, Rudy Ellis, Lily Graham, Emily Mannix, who's retiring, and of course, Kate Eddy.

I will say, and I've said this before, that I think what... made them a premiership winning side in 2025 was that they had this closeness and reliability and had played with each other for so long.

So Lily Graham and Azara Walters, it's good to see that they're going to teams where they might get some more.

I'm not sure that Wormsley is what's going to fix that goal circle.

It seems that there's still going to be a lot of pressure on Kira Austin in goal attack, as I don't think that...

Wormsley is a huge goal attack player.

She's got an axe to grind in terms of getting back into a New Zealand squad and to be a... to be up there with Grace Wecky and giving the Ferns everything for next year and to prove these people wrong in a way that maybe the Elmer A. Vandenberg proved people wrong.

But I don't know how Die Honey is going to manage that situation with Sophie Garbin and Keira Austin.

And that, for me, felt like the thing the Vixens really needed to grapple with.

Instead, they've basically changed out their entire defence end instead.