Taylor Selected for World Cup as Injury Replacement

Published On: 12 May 2014

Jayde Taylor will represent Australia at the World CUp starting this month

A change has been made to the Hockeyroos squad previously announced for the forthcoming World Cup in the Netherlands with WAIS athlete Jayde Taylor named as an injury replacement for Teneal Attard.

Having failed to recover from the stress reaction injury in her lower leg that kept her out of last month’s Hawke’s Bay Festival in New Zealand, two time World Cup defender Teneal Attard has been withdrawn from the squad.

Bunbury’s Jayde Taylor has been selected as her replacement, and will add to her 90 international caps for the Hockeyroos.

Taylor, 29, was a member of the Hockeyroos squad at the 2010 World Cup in Rosario and represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2012 Olympic Games. She has returned to action after a 16 month lay-off from a foot injury.

The Hockeyroos depart for pre-tournament preparation matches in Europe on Monday, 12 May.

-HockeyAustralia