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A change in alert levels on Sunday means the building will be open to supporters. The Silver Ferns will hope the 2500 fans allowed in, can help spur them to victory on New Zealand sports ‘Super Sunday’. Australia must beat the Ferns by two goals to retain the trophy. Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua reacts during their third test win over Australia on Saturday. New Zealand have won the Constellation Cup just once before in 2012, since first being contested in 2010. Experienced shooter Bailey Mes is the lone member of the current Ferns squad to have won t...

New-look Diamonds earn redemption in New Zealand Cara Koenen of Australia looks to pass the ball during the Constellation Cup.  Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images The reimagined Australia Diamonds and their new coach have revitalised the national netball team's rebuilding process with a series-levelling 45-36 win against New Zealand at Christchurch Arena. Liz Watson's first taste of international captaincy was a compelling audition for the permanent gig as coach Stacey Marinkovich's new-look outfit brushed away the rust from their shaky first glimpse in Game 2 of the four-match Constellation Cup cam...

Photo courtesy Michael Bradley Photography The Silver Ferns took a 2-1 lead and a big step towards claiming the Constellation Cup for the first time in nine years after a pulsating 55-49 win over the Australian Diamonds in Christchurch on Saturday. ...

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

Australia captain Liz Watson insisted in a post-match television interview that fitness wasn’t a factor. " We do have a big squad and there's 18 of us here, so it's just our errors and basic things," she said. "New Zealand did a great job, they put us under pressure and knew what we didn't like to play against, which is that fast movement, and they turned it around." Australian media reported that the Diamonds’ Constellation Cup crown was looking shaky with the Silver Ferns in with a shot of winning the trophy for the first time since 2012. John Davidson/Photosport Sarah Keoghan, in