December 2021,

Trailblazing Wellington Phoenix duo rise above - newsroom

On the eve of the first A-League Women’s game for the Wellington Phoenix, coaches Gemma Lewis and Natalie Lawrence share the benefits of coaching women, how the league is a gamechanger for young Kiwis, and a Christmas away from home.

Gemma Lewis and Natalie Lawrence hope one day they can just be referred to simply as ‘coaches’.

Chosen as the head coach and assistant coach of the debutant Wellington Phoenix women’s team, Lewis and Lawrence are used to the conversation always centering around the fact they’re ‘female coaches’.

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Originally published on newsroom.co.nz by Merryn Anderson.