WATCH: Charlestown's Lori Depczynski gives insight into her team

Lori Depczynski tells the Newcastle Herald how Charlestown Azzurri are shaping up for the NPLW NNSW season at Magic Park on February 19, 2024.

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00:00 Laurie, how is Zuri shaping up this year? We are really excited, we're looking really good.

00:05 We've had a tough pre-season, we brought on a new strength and conditioning coach which has really

00:11 helped those players that need extra help in that department and yeah we're ready to go for round one

00:16 this weekend. Who's been a key pick up? Key pick up, we've got a few new good signings. One that'll

00:24 be exciting to watch is Jaina, so she's joined us from Missouri and played a couple of games for us

00:29 last year. So yeah, really excited to see what she can bring to the team. Who should we watch out for

00:34 and why? Watch out for, I think a really important signing again for us this year was our goalkeeper.

00:43 So we've got Taylor Gray rejoining us as our captain. She missed out last year due to injury

00:49 and we think she will have a really good presence on the field and really help us

00:54 to win three points every week. What will be a Zuri's strength this year?

00:59 Our strength this year compared to other years I think will be our depth. We've definitely bolstered

01:07 our attacking options so we'll have a lot of players who can do the job up there and

01:12 you know rotate around a bit and offer different options against different teams.

01:16 And who other than your side will be the team to beat?

01:21 Team to beat, I heard Maitland have recruited well but we'll work that out round one.

01:28 Who's the better of us two?