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Age-group international, 1989

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A young adult girl in a white New Zealand football uniform with a black fern symbol, during a football game, with a young adult girl in Australian uniform appears falling to the ground.

New Zealand forward Joanne Evans attempts to evade a tackle by Australian defender Tracy Bartlett during an under-19 international at Wellington’s Newtown Park in September 1989. New Zealand won 2–0.

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Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, Football – Women's international football, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47811/age-group-international-1989 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, published 12 June 2023, reviewed and revised 7 June 2023 with assistance from Alida Shanks.