In the third Quarter of the Match Malawi defenders did their job impressively and they did not allow the sun shine girls shooter Aiken.
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Jade Clarke of England falls after clashing with Laura Geitz Of Australia during the 2015 Netball World Cup Qualification round match between Australia and England at Allphones Arena on August 11, 2015 in Sydney, Australia.
A veteran of two world titles and 101 Test caps, the 28-year-old Tutaia is the linchpin of the Silver Ferns’ attack and has been a major factor in the side’s undefeated campaign. Australia versus New Zealand in the Netball World Cup final.
“One more game I’ll be fine”, she laughed.
A more composed New Zealand line-up returned after the break, opening with a 6-2 blitz, in what proved to be the decisive period of the match.
Plummer obviously had stern words with the team, because they were much better in the second half, going back to the short, sharp passes Plummer had been calling for.
The Silver Ferns are the only team boasting a 100 per cent record in this year’s competition and have been crowned as world champions four times.
Driven by an outstanding defensive effort, the New Zealanders dominated right from the outset, with every goal a struggle for England in the first quarter.
The question is, can they do it again today now the Diamonds know what is coming?
“We have to to do some analysis, because if we don’t we’ll be caught behind because it’s a very quick turnaround”, Alexander said.
She added: “If we treat this as a failure, I think we might as well hang our boots up now and never go forward”. “I think the Australians have got what it takes to get through”. “We were forced to look at the things that we needed to adjust, and had we maybe just scraped through with the win we wouldn’t have done the same amount of soul searching”.
But, as Langman puts it, that performance “poked the bear”.
Romelda Aiken, the biggest remaining obstacle in Australia’s quest to meet either New Zealand or England in Sunday’s gold medal game.
“To come into a World Cup without a four-year build-up is hard”.
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Coach Tracey Neville rung the changes for England in the final quarter, with five-time Netball World Cup stalwart Sonia Mkoloma put into goal defence and Sara Bayman taking the centre bib, pushing Jade Clarke to wing attack.
