It’s time for the Wallaroos to celebrate. First: their debut test match took place 30 years ago today, 2 September. Inevitably it was against New Zealand. Players from that game assembled for a photo to mark the occasion. Libby Andrew, a member of the Wallaroos’ side, has written a book, the first of its kind,
The Vitality Roses will be heading to Australia in September to play a three-match test series against the Australian Diamonds. This test series will see the world number one ranked Australian Diamonds host the world number three ranked Vitality Roses across three different locations which will be revealed by Netball Australia over the coming weeks.
Australia v New Zealand – The Decider Part of the Black Ferns’ thinking after losses to France, England and Canada was to restore the fear effect, the sense of inevitable victory that used to overhang every test they competed in. Their loss to Canada was a pivotal moment in the unfolding of the Pacific Four
New Zealand v Australia Last year everything was new and experimental. Now the WXV is more familiar, and the consequences of failure more dramatic. In the last game of the Pacific Four Series Australia have to beat New Zealand for the first time in order to avoid an unwanted drop into WXV2. The odds are
The O’Reilly Cup, presented by Ryman Healthcare, will be on the line this weekend when the Trans-Tasman rivalry resumes at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland. The Black Ferns coaching group have named an exciting twenty-three, featuring the inclusion of experienced campaigners Alana Bremner and Renee Holmes for their final Test of the Pacific Four Series,
Australia v USA – Match 4 In a big upset the USA Eagles turned the Melbourne game around to inflict a stunning defeat on the Wallaroos. Nobody could have predicted this outcome at the start. On four minutes Georgie Friedrichs made an stunning outside break to feed Desiree Miller who had too much pace for
Pacific Four – the next round There are two matches this weekend, one on Friday, the other, Black Ferns v Maple Leafs, two days later. Both home unions are setting great emphasis on attracting crowds; NZR to match the gates now seen regularly in Europe. For the Wallaroos it will be a first visit to
Australia v Canada Allianz Stadium, Sydney Canada looked like a well-oiled machine as they forced the Wallaroos into submission. But strangely all their points were scored by forwards; even stranger, the front row all crossed the line. The first stat becomes slightly less odd when we see Sophie de Goede taking the conversions. There was
Pacific Four Series Preview This can’t help being a fascinating clash. On the Wallaroos side we have Jo Yapp, a (relatively) new coach picking her first team and causing one or two upsets in the process. For the Maple Leafs Kévin Rouet is building a squad that looks increasingly potent. These are the teams selected:
Jo Yapp has announced her first Wallaroos squad in preparation for the coming Pacific Four Series. It contains 30 players: *Allana Sikimeti (ACT Brumbies), Asoiva (Eva) Karpani (NSW Waratahs, 21 caps, Brianna Hoy (NSW Waratahs, 3), Bridie O’Gorman (NSW Waratahs, 17), *Sally Fuesaina (ACT Brumbies), *Hera-Barb Malcolm Heke (Western Force), Tania Naden (ACT Brumbies, 10),
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