Jets midfielder Bayliss to get All Whites audition for World Cup

[p]The Australia-born 23-year-old ‌was the only uncapped player ‌included in the 23-man squad named on Monday, which is lacking captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wood-chris/Cp7L7Gro/"]‌Chris Wood[/a] and defenders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boxall-michael/f9lQiP3d/"]Michael ⁠Boxall[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cacace-liberato/4SWMMcZd/"]‌Liberato Cacace[/a] among a number of injured ​players.[/p][p]"[b]I want to congratulate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bayliss-lachlan/bRh3JYe4/"]Lachlan Bayliss[/a] on his debut ​All Whites call-up[/b]," Bazeley said in a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/rLctHkpU/"]New Zealand[/a] Football statement.[/p][p]"[b]He ⁠has been ​in great form over the last few months with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-jets/EaZ5xZo0/"]Newcastle Jets[/a], so I'm pleased to bring him ‌in for the first time at senior level.[/b]"[/p][p]Bayliss, who was part of New Zealand's Olympic squad at the Paris Games, has scored five goals for the A-League leaders Newcastle.[/p][p]New Zealand meet [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/finland/QuVpPpic/"]Finland[/a] at Auckland's Eden Park on March 27 ‌and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chile/KUCG35cM/"]Chile[/a] three days later ​at the same venue.[/p][p]Bazeley's All Whites ‌are pooled with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egypt[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/iran/xrRx85iA/"]Iran[/a] in Group G for the June 11-July 19 World Cup in the United States, ⁠Canada and ⁠Mexico.[/p][embed guid="9256efb9-0f30-448c-8b64-d6672b8b00b9" url="https://x.com/ParamountPlusAU/status/1867890104095719537" social-type="twitter" /]