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Scotland head coach has faith her side can get out of the group stages in France

SHELLEY KERR has set Scotland one target at the World Cup: “Get out the group stages.”

Kerr named the 23 players who will participate in Scotland’s first ever World Cup, where they will play England, Japan and Argentina.

In what will be an extremely difficult task, the Scottish head coach called on her players to “embrace the occasion” and believes that in doing so, they can beat the odds and and make the knock-out stages of the competition.

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