Injured Football Ferns striker Hannah Wilkinson in doubt for World Cup PHILLIP ROLLOGETTY IMAGES Hannah Wilkinson is in a race against the clock to be fit for next year's World Cup after tearing her ACL. So with the Women's World Cup less than nine months away, the 87-cap New Zealand international realises her chances of making the cut appear very slim. "I leaned straight towards the negative and thought the World Cup is right around the corner and I've gone and done this. "If we were in an ideal world then it would just be grass but the weather in Sweden means we have to be on turf. Turf doesn't need to be a part of women's football but it has, ever since the World Cup in Canada."

Source: Stuff October 16, 2018 02:05 UTC