Silver Ferns defender Jane Watson has announced she is pregnant, which may rule her out of the ANZ Championship and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
The Mainland Tactix star has been a fixture in the national side during the Dame Noeline Taurua era, after a shock omission from the side that missed a medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Watson has announced the “pleasant surprise” on social media.
"New adventures ahead!," Watson writes. "Very excited about our 2022 pēpē.
"Not quite as we had planned, but apparently it never is! Hoping this time pēpē grows healthy and strong.
"Fur babies already looking protective or unsure."
Watson has been capped 52 times for New Zealand, since her 2016 debut, and was appointed Ferns vice-captain, when Laura Langam retired after 2019 World Cup success.
