Samoa’s Invitational netball team will take on Australia’s Under-23 Pathways side in a three-match series in Apia this month, with both teams also taking part in community activities alongside the competition.
The series will be played from 17–20 July at the Tuana’imato Multipurpose Sports Complex as part of the Ocean of Power Tour.
The matches also double as trials for Samoa’s national team, Tifaimoana, which is preparing for the Oceania Qualifiers for the 2027 Netball World Cup in Tonga in September.
Samoa’s squad includes players based in New Zealand and Australia, along with five locally based athletes selected from the PFL National Netball League and the Samoa National Independence Games.
The Samoa team includes Kara Adrole, Papi Alaalatoa, Sayonara Alaalatoa, Vaitu’i Aumua, Eseta Autagavaia, Rianah Childs, Amataga Gidlow-Tuilagi, Lata’anga Holi, Hetta Kalepo, Fa’amu Ioane, Piuti Laban, Kristiana Manu’a, Asolelei Niumata, Unique Pritchard, Priscilla Rasmussen, Renee Savaiinaea, Mia Swann, Auteletoa Tanimo, Maria Tatupu, Gardenia Treviranus-Asiata, and Mary Yandall. The team will be led by Head Coach Natalie Mathews with assistant coach Paula Stuart.
