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Photo: PHOTOSPORT The team has a new coach, four new players and will be without their star goal attack, Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio for the foreseable future as she takes time away from the game due to exhaustion. Ekenasio missed last months pre-season tournament and had not been training with the Pulse ahead of the season opener. Pulse CEO Fran Scholey said the past 18 months had taken a toll on Ekenasio. After a distrupted 2020 premiership season predominantly based out of Auck...

Australian shooting great Caitlin Bassett brings star-power to the ANZ Premiership with the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic. The fifth edition of the ANZ Premiership begins next Sunday with the two-time defending champion Pulse getting the competition started against the new look Northern Stars, who have recruited strongly. BRENDON EGAN looks at five players, who will be under the spotlight this season and must shine for their teams. CAITLIN BASSETT (MAGIC) All eyes will be on Australian legend Ba...

Few know Wilson better than Wills, her coach for the last three years at the south Auckland-based Northern Stars. Wilson was also a key figure in Wills’ New Zealand under-21 side, who knocked over Australia in the final of the 2017 Youth Netball World Cup in Botswana. “I’m bloody proud because I’m that coach that left her behind on a couple of tours for [New Zealand] under-21s because she didn’t make it [with fitness],” Wills said. Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Maia Wilson shone in ...

Silver Fern star Jane Watson has taken a trip down memory lane in South Canterbury.

Australia needs better communication over its netball captaincy, says former Diamond Sharni Norder TueTuesday 9 MarMarch 2021 at 4:41am Australias rotational captaincy plan for the Constellation Cup seemed to change after Liz Watson led for game two. ( Print text only Cancel After eight years holding the Constellation Cup, the Aussie Diamonds have handed it over to their rivals across the ditch. In fact, there is little left in the trophy cabinet at Netball Australia HQ, after the national side...

Ellis said the way the Ferns were playing reminded her of times during her career. "I look at them and they remind me of the Australian teams that I played in in the late nineties, in that it didnt bother you where you were at in the game whether you were five down, six down, seven down, you just knew that you would come back and win the game." "I look at them (the Silver Ferns) and see that confidence, that belief and I just dont think Australia has that at the moment and that it is all in the...

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The Silver Ferns were outplayed in the first half but came back in style to claim the cup for the first time since 2012.

Constellation Cup: Ferns comeback seals series - As it happened Newshub 6/03/2021 App users click here for latest updates Reinvented champion: Who is UFCs Jan Blachowicz? Replay Video Australia - Austin 28, Koenen 15 Fourth  quarter Quarter - Ferns just need to control the ball now. No need to force passes - Wilson scores to seal it! Austin slots the final goal, but its not enough. NZ finally has the Constellation Cup again and surely the world No.1 ranking on that performance!  14th minute...

Netball: Silver Ferns clinch Constellation Cup with thrilling comeback win over Australia 7 Mar, 2021 04:00 AM 4 minutes to read Silver Ferns 45 Australia 43 It wasnt pretty and it wasnt easy, but the Silver Ferns have finally reclaimed the Constellation Cup. In another classic come-from-behind win over Australia in Christchurch, the Ferns claimed the four-match series 3-1, lifting the Cup for the first time in nine years and just the second time since the Cups inception. An ecstatic Silver Fer...