Four-time women's Rugby World Cup champions the Black Ferns will tour England next month with eight new caps and a new head coach.
The team will play three tests against World Cup runners-up England on and November 26 and 29 and December 3 with the first match to be played at Twickenham.
Auckland's Victoria Grant will captain the side for the series after the retirement of former captain Melissa Ruscoe.
Grant, who captained the Black Ferns once last year, has been in the side since 2006 and has 14 caps.
The Black Ferns have several new caps including four from National Provincial Championship winners Auckland - Eloise Blackwell, Rawinia Everitt, Kalani Matapo and Hazel Tubic, and three from NPC runners-up Wellington - Muteremoana Aiatu, Shakira Baker and Katarina Whata.
Lydia Crossman from Hawke's Bay is also a newcomer to the squad, while Canterbury's Amanda Murphy is playing for the team for the first time since 2009.
Auckland dominates the 26-woman squad with 14 members, while 2007 Black Fern, Kathleen Wilton, has been included after the Otago-based prop returned from playing overseas.
Several members of last year's squad were unavailable for selection this year including 2010 IRB Women's Personality of the Year Carla Hohepa (overseas), Monalisa Codling (retired), Victoria Heighway, Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox and Halie Hurring (overseas), Joan Sione and Linda Itunu (injured), Huriana Manuel and Ruth McKay.
Stepping up from the assistant role to take the head coach duties, Grant Hansen said he was excited about the new crop of players.
"With a number of the World Cup winning Black Ferns unavailable this year it's encouraging to have this series to blood some of the new players,'' he said.
The three Tests against England will be repeated in 2012 and 2013 and Hansen said he was thrilled with the prospect of annual fixtures against their traditional arch rivals.
"For the players to have a series between the world's top two women's teams at the end of each season to strive towards is great news for the development of the women's game,'' Hansen said.
The team assembles in Auckland on November 17 for a three-day camp before departing for London on 20 November.
Black Ferns squad: Muteremoana Aiatu, Shakira Baker, Eloise Blackwell, Mel Bosman, Kelly Brazier, Kendra Cocksedge, Lydia Crossman, Rawinia Everitt, Fiao'o Fa'amausili, Victoria Grant (c), Trish Hina, Emma Jensen, Justine Lavea, Kalani Matapo, Rebecca Mahoney, Amanda Murphy, Karina Penetito, Casey Robertson, Vita Robinson, Amiria Rule, Aroha Savage, Doris Taufateau, Hazel Tubic, Katarina Whata, Renee Wickliffe, Kathleen Wilton.
