Anna Green on arriving in Dresden

Posted on: June 30, 2011
Football Ferns fullback Anna Green writes about shifting to Dresden, civic receptions and the the additions of two All Whites legends into the team management. After a disappointing loss to Japan in Bochum, we had one more day there where some of us went to the pool in the morning and others had a training [...]

Sarah Gregorius on arriving in Germany

Posted on: June 24, 2011
Football Ferns striker Sarah Gregorius writes about the team’s last days in Switzerland and arrival in Germany. After our final warm-up game against Denmark, the team enjoyed some time off where we were encouraged to kick back and relax before we headed to Germany for the main event. With this is mind, a lot of [...]

Betsy Hassett on training in Switzerland

Posted on: June 18, 2011
Football Ferns midfielder Betsy Hassett writes from Switzerland to let us know how training is going ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. It was most definitely worth the long journey to be able to play and train in such a stunning country; Switzerland. After about a three hour bus ride from Geneva airport to [...]

Jenny Bindon on her special personalised boots

Posted on: June 16, 2011
Football Ferns goalkeeper Jenny Bindon writes about  the new Nike  boots her son Tyler personalised with messages of love and support ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011. Playing for the national team is an awesome achievement in itself but to be selected for the World Cup team that will compete in the [...]

Rebecca Smith on traveling and China

Posted on: May 19, 2011
Football Ferns captain Rebecca Smith talks us through the perils of travel and the Ferns’ familiarity with China. So we’ve been here before. Anyone who follows the Football Ferns knows that our latest trip to China was for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 where we had a good showing drawing with Japan 2-2, playing tight [...]

Abby Erceg on the games in Australia

Posted on: May 17, 2011
Football Ferns defender Abby Erceg reflects on the two matches against Australia in Gosford. It’s the day after a game and we are coming off the back of a second loss, but it was a solid and encouraging performance. We dominated much of the match and as a team we felt very connected both off [...]

Rebecca Smith on reaching Australia

Posted on: May 14, 2011
Football Ferns captain Rebecca Smith chats about the Ferns flash Australian digs and the first test against the Maltildas After two weeks of awesome training in Auckland, the Football Ferns hopped on the plane and headed across the Tasman Sea and landed in Sydney three days ago to sunshine and warm weather. We jumped on the bus [...]