Silver Ferns Defeat England Roses 62-55

Silver Ferns 62 defeat England Roses 55

Captain Katrina Grant celebrated her 100th Test Match in style by leading the Silver Ferns to a hard-fought 62-55 win in the deciding Taini Jamison Trophy Test Series showdown in Hamilton tonight.

Preserving their proud record in the Taini Jamison Trophy in front of members of the history-making 1967 Silver Ferns team who won New Zealand’s first world championship title in Perth 50 years ago, the Silver Ferns dug deep to keep a spirited England at arms-length.

In what has been a dogged series between two evenly-matched teams, the Silver Ferns broke the 1-all deadlock coming into the decider with strong showings in the first, third and fourth quarters. In doing so, they needed to repel an improved and competitive England before adding the Taini Jamison Trophy to the recent Quad Series triumph.

Read the full match report on silverferns.co.nz

CHAMPION DATA MATCH STATISTICS: click here

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Bailey Mes (NZL)

Quarter-by-Quarter Scores

SILVER FERNS Q1: 17 – Q2: 26 (9) – Q3: 44 (18) – Q4: 62 (18)
ENGLAND ROSES | Q1: 13 – Q2: 30 (17) – Q3: 43 (13) – Q4: 55 (12)

Shooting Statistics

SILVER FERNS
Tutaia: 41/52 @ 79%
Mes: 21/21 @ 100%

ENGLAND ROSES
Harten: 36/40 @ 90%
Housby: 19/25 @ 76%

Starting Line-ups

SILVER FERNS GS Tutaia, GA Mes, WA Crampton, C Francois, WD Cullen, GD Grant, GK Jury
ENGLAND ROSES | GS Harten, GA Housby, WA Pitman, C Guthrie, WD Francis, GD Agbeze, GK Mentor

Positional Changes

SILVER FERNS
Q2 stoppage: WA Rasmussen
Q3: GK Fakahokotau
Q3 stoppage: WD Watson
Q4: WD Cullen

ENGLAND ROSES
Q4: GD Francis, WD Cobden
Q4 stoppage: GD Agbeze

SILVER FERNS TEAM - TAINI JAMISON TROPHY

Katrina Grant (captain)
Maria Tutaia (vice-captain)
Kayla Cullen
Gina Crampton
Temalisi Fakahokotau
Monica Falkner (on debut)
Shannon Francois
Kelly Jury
Bailey Mes
Grace Rasmussen
Te Paea Selby-Rickit
Jane Watson

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