WITH the Super W minor premiership on the line, New South Wales Waratahs head coach Matt Evrard has named his strongest squad for Sunday's match at Ashwood Park.
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While the Waratahs have not been defeated since the introduction of the national women's competition last season, they must beat the Melbourne Rebels in Bathurst to clinch top spot on the ladder.
"We are sitting in second place and still a point behind Queensland, so it's a huge game for us," Evrard said.
"It's worth everything, the financial benefit of hosting a final, having that in your own time frame, live on Fox Sports, all your partners on TV ... all of that, it's massive for us."
Evrard's line up for the match includes a host of players with Wallaroos experience, while rookies such as Bathurst native Arabella McKenzie - who has been named in the centres - will be keen to impress too.
"They've [Rebels] turned a real corner the other week, I know the army squads released all their Victoria based players to play for that team, which is great," he said.
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"I saw their game against WA where they had a marked improvement. It's good to see.
"The most important thing for us is that we've still got a couple of things we are trying to work on as a team.
"Our starting team on the weekend is going to be as strong as it has been all year round and then there'll be some girls who have been training their backsides off since September last year and haven't had an opportunity yet who will get one this weekend. They'll be very excited."
Kick off at Ashwood Park on Sunday is 3pm.
Prior to the round five clash, the Waratahs will attend a girls combine on Saturday where young rugby players aged between 15-18 can participate in skill testing and contact assessment.
The event will take place between 4-6pm at Ashwood Park.
NSW WARATAHS: 1 Emily Robinson, 2 Tasmin Sheppard, 3 Evelyn Horomia, 4 Ana-Lise Sio, 5 Sera Naiqama, 6 Alexandra Sulusi (vc), 7 Emily Chancellor, 8 Grace Hamilton (vc), 9 Katrina Barker, 10 Chloe Leaupepe, 11 Shanice Parker, 12 Arabella McKenzie, 13 Crystal Maguire, 14 Maya Stewart, 15 Ashleigh Hewson (c), 16 Melissa Fatu, 17 Matalena Wilson, 18 Tisera Volkman, 19 Pareake O'Brien, 20 Fi Jones, 21 Phoebe Loughhead, 22 Mahalia Murphy, 23 Kennedy Cherrington.
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