I liked that England continued to pass the ball to players that were heavily marked. This didn’t always work (allowing JLP some circle edge intercepts) however it showed great attacking intent and confidence in each other. The Ferns could learn from this, as Noel’s ‘bumper-cart’ netball in the midcourt is very reactive and allows the team playing man-on to dictate. Increase the ball speed, Noels! England just need to learn when to reset.
I also loved watching a tall shooter taking shots from not just under the post! Tchine is well ahead of Nweke in terms of footwork and shooting range. Nweke is the stronger player overall, so hopefully the SSN can add more strings to her bow.
Australia reaped dividends from increasing the defence end physicality, especially from Aryang. Aryang would be my starting GD over Weston now. I love Garbin’s holds (still surprises me to this day she was left out of the WYC squad!) but I think she will face a tougher time from the Ferns defenders, especially if Karaka is dropped back to GK.
I haven’t watched much SSN but very surprised to see a player that got the national starting GK benched being left off the team…
