Exciting game. Not much between the two teams.
Although seems a bit pointless getting Mvula all the way out from the UK to just sit her on the bench the whole game. Might just as well have got an up and coming NZ player into the squad if they just needed a back up shooter and given that player some practice time at the top level. They were even promoting Mvula in the pre game broadcast so I would have been interested to see what she could do.
Even though Walmsley held her own against Mikaere I thought she needed to leap more on some of the takes from her feeders. Pulse turned over the ball quite a bit feeding it in to her. That last minute throw down, around the head area by Mikaere looked mighty dirty and unnecessary to me. Would have been a sending off in basketball if you did that.
Iaone looked a good sign up at WD.
I’ve got my money on Tactix this year especially with Dunn moving down there. I think Dunn is going to be a lot more consistent than Bird in the circle. If Watson and Burger can contain Nweke and co they should be in with a good chance.
