Silver Ferns Defeat England Roses, 62-55

Silver Ferns 62 def England Roses 55

Coming home strongly, the Silver Ferns turned the tables on the England Roses to seal a 62-55 win in the first of the Taini Jamison Trophy Test Series in Porirua tonight.

The two evenly-matched teams delivered a pulsating spectacle, going toe-to-toe throughout the 60 minutes, the Silver Ferns pulling away in the final stanza to reverse the result of their four-goal loss to the same opponents in the Quad Series just over a week ago.

Read the full match report on silverferns.co.nz

CHAMPION DATA MATCH STATISTICS:

Veuve Du Vernay MVP: Maria Tutaia (Silver Ferns)

Quarter-by-Quarter Scores

SILVER FERNS Q1: 15 – Q2: 29 (24) – Q3: 42 (13) – Q4: 62 (20)
ENGLAND ROSES | Q1: 15 – Q2: 28 (13) – Q3: 40 (12) – Q4: 55 (15)

Shooting Statistics

SILVER FERNS
Mes: 11/14 @ 79%
Tutaia: 31/37 @ 84%
Selby-Rickit: 20/24 @ 83%

ENGLAND ROSES
Harten: 31/37 @ 84%
Housby: 24/33 @ 73%

Starting Line-ups

SILVER FERNS GS Mes, GA Tutaia, WA Crampton, C Francois, WD Cullen, GD Grant, GK Watson

ENGLAND ROSES | GS Harten, GA Housby, WA Pitman, C Bayman, WD Guthrie, GD Agbeze, GK Mentor

Positional Changes

SILVER FERNS

Q2: GK Jury
Q2 stoppage: GS Selby-Rickit
Q3: WA Rasmussen
Q3 stoppage: GK Fakahokotau
Q4 stoppage: WD Watson

ENDS

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