Silver Ferns

Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio has been overlooked for Dame Noeline Taurua's squad to travel to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games later this year ...

Former skipper Ameliaranne Ekenasio misses out on Games team, but named as a travelling reserve.

If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. Joining Jury in defence were Sulu Fitzpatrick, Kayla Johnson and Phoenix Karaka. After Ekenasio, Metuarau and her Pulse team-mate Maddy Gordon were two of most notable omissions. Taurua said Nweke had been cleared to play in that game, and the final if the Mystics had made it, but had further work to do to be ready for international play – and a Commonwealth Games campaign where the Silver Ferns will be on court seven times in 10 days.

Dame Noeline Taurua will announce her team of 12 at 11.30. 27 players went through four days of trials in Wellington last week, going through fitness ...

Nweke has to prove her fitness to selectors for the Commonwealth Games before the looming home series beginning on July 13.

If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. Joining Jury in defence were Sulu Fitzpatrick, Kayla Johnson and Phoenix Karaka. After Ekenasio, Metuarau and her Pulse team-mate Maddy Gordon were two of most notable omissions. Taurua said Nweke had been cleared to play in that game, and the final if the Mystics had made it, but had further work to do to be ready for international play – and a Commonwealth Games campaign where the Silver Ferns will be on court seven times in 10 days.

The country's top netball shooter will return to her first sporting love this week, after missing out on the Commonwealth Games squad.

It's my go-to but I definitely need to expand on my skill-set. Of the premiership’s top-10 shooters, only the Steel’s George Fisher matched her percentage. “I need to add some variety.

She joins fellow Steel star Shannon Saunders in the midcourt, alongside former Steel wing attack Gina Crampton, who will captain the team, and Central Pulse ...

She has signed to play for the Tokomanawa Queens in the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa league, returning to a sport she excelled at as a junior. Her time with the Silver Ferns last year was all in New Zealand, while her international cricket appearances for the White Ferns were also at home. Indeed, her comment that a completely different set of 12 players could have been named and still made a strong squad was perhaps the most poignant pointer to the depth in this team. Despite that, she had still been surprised when she was told she had made the team. In the past, she had struggled to execute what the coaches had wanted her to do at trials, but this time, she felt she nailed it. That debut is surely imminent, and the centre-wing defence said she was excited to get going.

Welcome to a new era of the Silver Ferns, where an athlete can be named the player of the year one year and be left out the next.

"What she brings to the team both on and off court and that's unwavering. But we have both Tiana [Metuarau] and Meels [Ekenasio] in the reserves if something shall happen." "I'm really pleased that it resulted in a really tall team right through-out court. "We need shooters that have volume or could put the shot up. She had an outstanding trials and probably showed the shift that she's made in her feeding as well," Dame Noeline Taurua said. How can they extend themselves and improve their skill-sets."

Taurua unveiled some surprises as she named her team for the Commonwealth Games.

"What she brings to the team both on and off court and that's unwavering. But we have both Tiana [Metuarau] and Meels [Ekenasio] in the reserves if something shall happen." "I'm really pleased that it resulted in a really tall team right through-out court. "We need shooters that have volume or could put the shot up. She had an outstanding trials and probably showed the shift that she's made in her feeding as well," Taurua said. How can they extend themselves and improve their skill-sets."