2022 Constellation Cup (Oct)

Given how the Ferns have been travelling I fully expected them to get another turnover at 5 down in the latter stages of that third quarter and then come out after 3/4 time and score the first 3 goals to be even stevens and eventually take the game.

Instead they fell in a hole/the Diamonds put the foot down and it was a 15 goal margin by full time!

Am in two minds about Sunday. Start Heff at C and Johnson WD to help block the vision of the Diamonds feeders OR Gordon at C with her Pulse teammate Souness at WA? To earlier comments, if Ekenasio is back in the groove (fingers crossed!) that will help immensely.

Fantastic games from Weston and Garbin. Richardson what do you do at the Magpies with two true blue GS!

@Maryann could you further explain what you mean by:

“Toeava – tbh I wouldn’t be surprised to find she doesn’t have a passport”

she played in the ANZ premiership so would’ve required one for that (and the NZ secondary schools when there was still teh transtasman comp), not to mention she was born in Samoa, so would have to have a passport to travel. like other across the squads (both Women’s and men’s) some times there are commitments out side of netball that are unavoidable especially when it runs pretty much all year round now (and to be honest, up until viewing how she played in the first two tests very few would’ve named her in the squad much less the team to begin with)

Yep im in the same boat @Kerryn. Not gonna watch Sundays match live, depending on whats said after the game and the result depends if ill watch it on replay.

Def not watching Aussie v England, itll be just a smash fest between the two and not skilful.

Already looking ahead to Fast5, its more of a flow through court and less physical.

If a players body is heading in one direction then all of a sudden half their body is heading into another direction and a defender is on them… it means theyve contacted… its not a strive at all.

Im a national A badge umpire and have umpired at all sorts of levels here and in NZ and man theyd be complaints allround if i ever let that stuff happen.
Also any dissent towards an umpire is a caution, depending on whats said it can be a warning or even a straight send off. You are the umpire and you dictate terms on players attitude.

Side note i hate the umpires calling the players by their first names and not positions.

Picasso123 – Sure and I only wondered. Toeava is very shy, quiet and unassuming so may not have travelled overseas. Given the delays in passport processing (even urgent), there probably wouldn’t have been time to get her one.
However I do get the impression that it was decided it time to test the four (Toeava, MRB, Poi and Gordon) to see who is the best going forward. No better test than against Australia but probably still hard to tell with last nights vastly improved showing from them.

Our girls (Ferns) need to harden up, and absorb that physicality. We need to stop making them out to be victims in this game.

I always cringe at comments when we loose to Aus. Not just on here, but on all social media platforms. It’s the same story “Bruce to physical” “Geitz too rough” “Chatfield rough play” “Gerard soo dirty” these comments date back to Liz Ellis days.
Australia is the WORLD #1. They didn’t get there cause they played nice.

Our girls are strong, athletic and fit. Our combinations in the midcourt was not working. I feel once we tidy that up, the delivery to Nweke will be better. Hence there will be clear vision of any contact. This is what Toeava did so well in the first two games. Her passes were precise and into the right space. Defenders either had no hope, or would contact.