Silver Ferns

Dominant second half from Silver Ferns puts them in commanding position to retain the Constellation Cup over trans-Tasman rivals.

The Ferns are right where they want to be, 2-0 up in the series, after winning both games at home. Toeava has been outstanding in the first two tests, but won’t travel to Australia for the final two games. An absorbing contest between the trans-Tasman rivals with little separating the teams in the first half. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. Nweke was perfect with her shooting, converting all 37 attempts, but wing attack Toeava was the difference-maker in the second half. They came out firing in the third quarter, going on a 7-2 run to start the term, surging ahead on the scoreboard. After a quiet showing in the first test, experienced Australian goal attack Steph Wood stepped up her play. The Ferns delivered some fine netball after halftime showing wonderful links on attack. The rattled Australians never recovered. They restricted Australia to nine goals, scoring 15 themselves, to lead 39-34 going into the last term. “Her ball rate and possession was really high, plus also her shooting.