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February 5, 2004 Australian National Team roster for Australia Cup Five new players have been chosen, two more making a comeback and eleven of the team that played in the 2003 World Cup. Each member of the team is awarded an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship. Comments by Head Coach Santrac We went through a lengthy selection process at the AIS camp in January, and ended up selecting the eighteen I believe performed very strongly and earned their selection into the squad. On those performances, they've put themselves well into the Olympic selection picture, assuming we qualify. The new players all have qualities which enhance the quality of the squad as a whole. We expect to perform strongly with this group. In the Australia Cup, we have two extremely difficult opponents, and the experience will put this group in a very good position. With the number of inexperienced players, it will be how quickly we can adapt, but I'm confident these players will stand up very quickly. It's important, whilst maintaining our focus on performance, we need to build up again an understanding - educate the new players very quickly in the way we play. Build an understanding and cohesion in this tournament, as we will leading up to Athens.   The squad goes to Brisbane on Wednesday, February, 11th. for a week-long camp before the Australia Cup.     Australia National Team   Players.................Club..................../ State..Hometown.......DOB.......Caps   Alagich, Dianne....D.........Adelaide Sensation ...../ SA..........Adelaide...............2/05/79.......43   Barbieri, Melissa...G........Victoria Vision............  ./ VIC.........Melbourne,,,,,,,......20/01/80,,...12   Blayney, Leah ....M....... NSW Sapphires............/ NSW........Blue Mountains.....04/07/86   Davies, Rhian......D.........Canberra Eclipse ........./ ACT.........Sydney..................05/01/81.....26   De Vanna , Lisa...F......... Adelaide Sensation..... ./ WA..........Perth....................14/11/84   Duus, Bryony.......M.... ....Queensland Sting ......../ QLD.........Brisbane...............07/10/77 ....46   Foster, Gill .........M..........Canberra Eclipse.........../ ACT....... Sydney.............. ..28/08/76......25   Gill, Katie............F...........Northern NSW Pride ..../ NNSW......Newcastle............10/12/84   Grant, Pam........D...........Queensland Sting....... / QLD.........Rockhampton.......15/11/82.....10   Harch, Lana.......M..........Queensland Sting ......../ QLD........Toowoomba..........23/11/84   Karp, Tal............M..........Canberra Eclipse........../ ACT.........Perth....................30/12/81......20   Kell, Cassandra.GK........ NSW Sapphires .........../ NSW.........Central Coast........08/08/80.....13   Mann, April.........F...........Queensland Sting....... / QLD.........Brisbane................21/04/78.....25   McShea, Kate....M...........Queensland Sting ......./ QLD........Brisbane................13/04/83......17   Peters, Joanne..M...........(New York Power)....... / NSW.........Leeton..................11/03/79......56   Reuter, Karla.....D............Queensland Sting ....../ QLD.........Toowoomba...........14/06/84.......6   Taylor, Amy.......D............Canberra Eclipse ......../ ACT..........Canberra.................11/06/79.....20   Walsh, Sarah ..F.............Queensland Sting ......./ QLD.........Sydney....................11/01/83