WATCH: New Lambton's Ally Boertje gives insight into her team
New Lambton's Ally Boertje speaks to the Newcastle Herald ahead of the NPLW NNSW season at Magic Park on February 19, 2024.
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00:00 Ali, how's Newlanden shaping up this season?
00:02 Yeah, we've got a new team, new coach and everything, so just getting our bearings and
00:07 working with each other, a few trial games, get some things going and moving around, working
00:11 on different shapes and who's going to play where kind of thing with some people leaving
00:16 and some people coming in.
00:18 So yeah, it'll be a good season.
00:21 Who's been a key pick-up?
00:22 We've picked up Ali Pike.
00:25 She's a Canadian and played for Adamstown and she's been good.
00:31 She's worked for merging with the team really well, kind of good friends now and hopefully
00:36 she's fitting comfortably and settling in good.
00:39 Who should we watch out for and why?
00:41 Well, we've got the Jets girls coming in, but they're only coming in halfway, so they'll
00:46 be good to look out for because they'll be coming off their season.
00:51 They've got a win on the weekend, so that's pretty good.
00:53 They'll be coming off that high as well, so yeah, they'll be good.
00:57 What will be New Lampton's strength this year?
00:59 We've got a pretty good defence.
01:01 We've picked up a lot of defenders, so hopefully our shape and the way we work together will
01:07 be good and have a strong defence.
01:10 And who other than your team will be the team to beat this year?
01:13 I think Maitland have picked up a couple of good players, key players as well in that
01:18 fact, and they've got a really good side going through and they won the charity shield and
01:24 you can see how they work together and stuff, so yeah, they'll be hard to beat.