Netball

Crazy Horse

@Bovidae Haha a bit of a kick in the guts for Bird, Nweke and Dunn when Mes gets picked after missing the whole season along with Sokolich-Beatson. Fakahokotau also a bit unlucky to miss out on the top squad.

I will admit being on Aus I don't see any local NZ netball, but when I see Mes play for the Ferns I wonder what she is doing there. Might be an 'athlete' yet she isn't much of a shooter. Doesn't seem to be able to hold the goal keep like a traditional shooter and is not reliable on the shot. Maybe her not being traditional is her appeal. I would hate to be feeding the circle with her there.

Bovidae

@African-Monkey They have definitely been loyal to those that played in 2019. I would have chosen Fakahokotau over Sokolich-Beatson too.

Falkner has been out injured all season as well.

The squad of 16 will become 12 I would assume.

African Monkey

@Bovidae Yeah I'm usually a big Sokolich-Beatson fan, but she is lucky to be there. Being a genuine WD seems to have helped her. It's funny how 2 of the 3 Mystics players that got picked didn't play a game between them all season.

@Crazy-Horse Yeah, she got forced out of GS from the Mystics and put into GA last season with the rise of Nweke and with her shooting so poorly at GS. To be fair to her she went better there last season but still think she was lucky to get picked for this season.

booboo

Yay us!

Silver Ferns, Sport, Netball

Silver Ferns stun Australia with incredible final quarter

The Silver Ferns are one step closer to claiming the Constellation Cup.

KiwiMurph

And Ferns win the series!

Constellation Cup heading to NZ.

A good day for trans Ta$man sport.

dogmeat

@kiwimurph said in Netball:

And Ferns win the series!

Constellation Cup heading to NZ.

A good day for trans Ta$man sport.

If you're a Kiwi

I know that's what you meant but I just wanted to reinforce it. Netball, T20, WTC ....

Bones

Resurrecting this thread, quad series going on over here at the mo. SA got smoked by England yesterday, then we got smoked by Aus.

SA only trailing Aus by a couple of goals at halftime, not looking good for the match after this...

Bones

What the fuck do I know. Outstanding first quarter from NZ, working the circle brilliantly.

Good girls in front, 16-10

Bones

Thaaaaat's more like it. Defence shits it's pants and England draw level by halftime.

25-25.

Defence make the occasional big play but far too many basic errors.

Bones

Oh yeah. We lost by 3 goals. Cake

Bovidae

This tour is about seeing what many of the next tier of players can do (or can't). Crampton is the only player from the starting team who won the WC in 2019 that is left.

mikedogz

I see that the coach is joining the Jamaican squad to make up the numbers.

Imagine if the All Blacks went somewhere and the local kiwis and and the coaches had to sit on the bench.

Nepia

@mikedogz said in Netball:

I see that the coach is joining the Jamaican squad to make up the numbers.

Imagine if the All Blacks went somewhere and the local kiwis and and the coaches had to sit on the bench.

Or Scottish-Australians ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Hendrie

Bones

@mikedogz said in Netball:

I see that the coach is joining the Jamaican squad to make up the numbers.

Imagine if the All Blacks went somewhere and the local kiwis and and the coaches had to sit on the bench.

It might distract us from the Beauden/Richie debate.

canefan

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/130152871/impressive-silver-ferns-make-dream-start-to-constellation-cup-beating-australia

Noeline Taurua learns from her error at Comm games and starts Grace Nweke

KiwiMurph

@canefan Toeava (sister of) had a blinder.

The Ferns defence was seriously impressive.

KiwiMurph

Good comeback win by the Ferns.

Goal difference means Aus can still win the series so it will be important for the Ferns to play well in the Aus leg.

Stuff

ACT Crusader

That was a damn good win. Oz much bette than game 1 and we stepped up too. Like that we shifted things and played a bit more height when needed.

Oz leg is going to be fiery I reckon.

canefan

@ACT-Crusader said in Netball:

That was a damn good win. Oz much bette than game 1 and we stepped up too. Like that we shifted things and played a bit more height when needed.

Oz leg is going to be fiery I reckon.

Nice to see that Grace Nweke appears to be the dominant physical targetwoman at GS that we've missed for some time. Toeava has an almost telepathic connection with her, which makes the fact that she isn't going to Australia preposterous

Crazy Horse

The game was made a hard watch by the camera angles. Noticed it in the first game too. Keep the angles simple (ie side on at halfway) and save the fancy angles for replays.