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Good afternoon. Rugby has Six Nations, netball has its Quad

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Series. It is the climax of the series today at Wembley Arena in

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front of a big and noisy crowd of 7000 people. If you haven't seen

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netball for a while, stick around. It's definitely not what you will

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remember. It's probably not what you are expecting. We're going to be

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watching these fantastic teams, England against Australia, all of

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them professional sportswomen. And for a famously noncontact sport, at

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least that is what it was in the olden days, things have changed.

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This is very, very fierce indeed. It is one of the fastest, most agile

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and most watchable sports around. We're going to share it with Natalie

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and Jess. I wonder what we are in for today. I talked about

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noncontact. I don't think it does the physicality of this game justice

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now? Noncontact may be what it says in the rule book but it is full

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contact. It is like a chess match, judo, hockey. It would be fantastic.

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Australia can wrap up second Quad Series title this afternoon if they

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beat Tracey Neville's England side. How much does netball matter in

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Australia and New Zealand? These players are superstars there. It is

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a massive sport for females. This is the pinnacle of their sporting

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career. They want to be number one. How big a challenge will this be for

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England today? In any sport, facing the number one is a huge challenge.

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On the back of some disappointing results for England and a formidable

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Australia side, this is the toughest it has been for a while. We will see

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the Australian captain and the goalkeeper, she is a terrier. She is

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a bulldog. She encapsulates a lot of the things about being an athlete

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and being a woman. She dominates that court. She directs players, she

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is vocal. She is what every woman wants to be. Whatever plastic

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opportunity -- what a fantastic opportunity for everybody here, and

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also for the England team to get a chance to play against the world's

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top teams, twice a year. Invaluable? In World Championships we always

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felt short. This is absolutely perfect. Here their come, led by

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Sharni Layton. There she is. The world's number one side, the

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Australian Diamonds. They are supremely difficult to crack. They

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are coached by Lisa Alexander, who steered them to a first Commonwealth

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gold for 12 years in Glasgow, and a third world title in a row in Sydney

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in 2016. Their captain, Sharni Layton, would love to lead them to a

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winning her first campaign as captain. These netballers are about

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to become the highest-paid sportswomen and Australian domestic

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sport. They are part of the new professional super netball league,

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that gets under way in a week. They are tall, agile, physically very

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imposing. And here come England. Led by their goalkeeper, Ama Agbeze.

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Five members of this England squad are going to be part of this new

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league in Australia. Another two play in the New Zealand Premiership.

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As we familiarise you with the personnel. Number seven will take

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the court in each team. Only two can score goals in netball. The goal

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attack and the goal shooter. Here comes the most experienced member of

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this side. Geva Mentor. What a task these ladies have in front of them.

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Great atmosphere. Add in terms of what we might expect as a game, we

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talk about the physicality. Describe what that means in terms of the

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jostling and the juggling proposition out there? There is no

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assumption that any ball is for them. What that means is the ball is

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in the air, both players actually believe the ball is for them. They

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can do anything in their power to gain possession.

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It is time for the anthems. # A beauty rich and rare.

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# In history's stage, at every stage, advance Australia fair.

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# Advance Australia fair. # God save our gracious Queen.

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# Long-lived our Noble Queen. # God save our Queen.

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# Sound her victorious. -- centre. # Happy and glorious.

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# Long to reign over us. # God save our Queen.

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CHEERING. So the England Roses taking on the

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Australian Diamonds. It is an hour-long contest. Four quarters. It

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will be described by Gary Burgess, who now works with England netball.

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In the commentary box, the owner of 101 England caps. And leading the

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team is Caroline Barker. Good afternoon. If you thought

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social media blue up when it was revealed Beyonce was having twins,

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it'll go crazy if England beat Australia. This is the Australia

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team. As for England, Chelsea Pitman in wing attack against our old side.

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And Beth Cobden, who has impressed this series. Where do England need

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to exploit? The shooting areas. We have got the defence for the

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Australians. They are trying to build a new defensive unit. They

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have had a few retirements. They have people not here. We need to

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exploit that defence. They have got the captain, Sharni Layton. England

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get under way. Mishandle and the Aussies have picked it up. The roses

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need to take a breath. They started slowly in the previous couple of

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matches. I really think they need to turn this back over again. We can't

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led the Aussies get this fast start. We were 8-1 down against the Kiwis.

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We can't afford for that to happen. We need to turn this over. Nice

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tight defence on Hadley. Australia on the scoreboard. That was good

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from Cobden. She had a great game against New Zealand. We need her on

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fire today. Australia going two up. There's shooting is phenomenal. The

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percentages are really high. We have to break the ball down before they

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get to that. Let's go. Brilliant. Great start. There is the difference

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from England already. Name-macro comes out firing. Fantastic to get a

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first shot in. -- Corbin. We will take up some of the calls

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with Gary Burgess in a moment. There we have a defender out of the

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circle. Two attackers in. Nice easy ball. We probably need to see Agbeze

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doing a bit more movement. Susan Pettitt doing Australia 3-1 ahead.

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If you want to be part of our commentary team this afternoon, you

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can get in touch on social media. You are already seeing the

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physicality we spoke about earlier. Another great shot by Corbin. Good

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girl. Let's get a quick check on things with Gary Burgess. Umpires at

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Super League level and international level. We're talking about the

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physical ability that comes into it a national netball? I think the

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biggest difference people will probably see is the level of contest

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in the international game. It will vary as the levels go down. But the

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umpires are looking to squeeze as much physicality out of the game as

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they can and to apply as much advantage down the court to make the

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game flow. Jade Clarke with the centre pass. She is one of those

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players down under with such experience. That was a good take by

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Pitman. She will be used to this Australian style. They challenged

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every ball. Such frustration for England and for Tracey Neville.

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Those moments that can turn a game. Yes, we have to eliminate the basic

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errors. Any basic area, they look for a shooting opportunity. The

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Aussies will score off everything. We cannot afford for them to have

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any possession. Just over 11 minutes of this first 15 minute quarter

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remaining. OK, we're 5-2 down. We need to turn this centre pass over.

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We are doubling now on the goal shooter. We so Agbeze with Mentor.

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We have turned that over. Here comes Sharni Layton. She will

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be having a major effect on this game. And as you can see and hear,

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she is directing play. She is telling the defenders in front of

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her what she wants them to do. I think she is actually directing the

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cameras! What we can't really do is risk anything. The easiest ball to

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intercept is a diagonal pass. Easier said than done when Australia force

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you out there. Yeah, it is. England's ball. Chelsea Pitman

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against our old side. Those are the sort of shot Macs you would expect

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Helen Housby to put away. She rushed that one a little bit. She needs to

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take our time and set it. Easy to say when you are up here. Good.

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Better from Helen Housby. Draws England back to within two. We need

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to score from our centre pass. That one made me a little bit

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nervous. Everybody running away. Somebody needs to make it easy for

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her. We have got a contact there. Brilliant. 5-4. We've got a game on

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here. Of course we do. Australia with their hands on the ball. They

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will transition, move quickly through court, looking for options.

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What you can see at the defenders trying to stop the winger getting to

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that circle edge. It is important to stop them. Australia are so deadly

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under the posts. You have to try to keep them out of that circle. Good

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girl, Beth Cobden. We have got good energy here with England.

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Gary Burgess, on the sidelines, the umpires getting in early, trying to

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cut stuff out? Yes, I think the umpire will always issue a caution

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once they have gone through the standard sanctions. They will have a

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quiet word with the players. The caution is similar to a yellow card

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in football. The players need to tidy up the infringement caused. In

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that case it was contact. They will have a quiet word in their shell

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like. Let's see if it works. Brilliant tip by Geva Mentor.

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Fantastic. Bringing in the indecision with the shooters.

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Australians under pressure will Sloth up. They don't mess up this

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time though. Back to within two. It is so important England make their

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centre pass count. This is good because we are staying with them. We

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have had a good start. Brilliant interplay. Big split landing to get

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herself close to the post and a fantastic shot from Corbin. Back to

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Australia. Edge of the circle. Paige Hadley has some of that experience

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for the Australian Diamonds. Not very much pressure on her. We need

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to break that down. Make sure we are nice and tight. Great ball-handling

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from Chelsea Pitman. Fantastic. That is good. Trying to be patient at

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feeding. An official warning. Stepping from Corbin. Off the back.

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Those are the opportunities again. They are the pressure ones that need

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to go into Paul us to one goal. We need to turn this ball over. They

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are hesitating. Great defence. You can hear them calling. That is

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another good tip. Cobden so close to getting hold of that. Fantastic.

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Pressure from England. That was all pressure from Agbeze marking that

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shot. Jade Clarke takes a tumble. Well held by Pitman on the edge of

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the circle. Another great take. So agile. Good collection of the ball.

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You can see their -- they're that Simpson was trying not to go offside

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taking the ball. We were looking at the match up, Gabi Simpson. At the

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moment she is having a tussle with Jade Clarke. She is. The physicality

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is coming in. But Clarke actually is doing a really good job. That is

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brilliant. Good cover. Again, indecision from the Australians.

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Stick with it England, come on. Just battered away. She will get another

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chance. And Pettitt makes it 9-7 to Australia. Pitman looking for

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options. Goes back to Agbeze. If we can't see anything at the front, we

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are resetting to the defenders. That was a fantastic ball from Corbin.

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She is on fire. Just the end result from Kadeen Corbyn. She has to put

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it through the net. Australia coming back with the ball. They take a

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breather. Look for movement. Good movement from Ravaillion.

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They don't mind where they are in that circle to have a go at goal,

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Australia. We are now 10-7. We could have done with that. Well played,

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Jade. It is so difficult to see at international level how quick that

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footwork is. They are still making basic errors.

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England have to keep an eye on this and make the centre pass count.

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On the reset line we need to make sure that we are holding off the

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space so you get a good ball side pass. They are working really hard

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here. Come on, girls. Jade Clarke back to Helen Housby. Back to

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Clarke. Just over the top. Again Pitman was there to make sure the

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ball counts. Good girl. The shooters need to set their shots will stop

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they have missed the last three, I think. Chance to put an end to the

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errors. Through the net it goes. England back to 8-11. We need to

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turn this centre pass now. We have to get as tight as we can and make

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it difficult. Good girl, Geva Mentor. The error then, just

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offside. We seem to just get to the moment where we need to push it on

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and then a basic error just turns it back to them. How about the defence

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for England? There we go again. The pressure from Ama Agbeze. She rolled

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off the back of Caitlin Thwaites. She let her know she was there. That

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was a hospital ball. We are getting opportunities here. But it is about

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capitalising on them. Contact called against Ama Agbeze. Lots of calls

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being made in this first quarter, Gary Burgess? That was a good

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example of where contact interferes. The umpires are judging whether the

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contest is balanced. When the contest is balanced and it doesn't

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interfere, they will let it go with an advantage or might not even blow

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at all. But in those were the ball is either dropped or it interfered

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with the player's actions, that is when they will blow up. Australia

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take another ball that England wanted to hang onto. We seem to be

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running away a lot into the corner. We need to make sure that we have an

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offer that is short and come into the ball-handler. Still getting the

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joy under the post, England. So near, yet so far. The problem being

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Australia's centre pass. Come on, Roses, let's turn this one over.

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Brilliant play by Geva Mentor. World-class defence from England.

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Geva Mentor and Ama Agbeze boats plying their trade in England. --

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Australia. Quick hands from Corbin. She finishes it off. Well done. Take

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a breath, let's go. The final ten seconds. They will have to be quick,

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England. The umpire has held it. Five seconds. Can they get it into

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the circle? Time taking down. She has to take this. It is after the

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whistle. Helen Housby unable to put that away. England so close. Each

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time, a mistake. That is what they need to cut out. They do. When we

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get a turnover we need to make sure we sink in that shot. We have had

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opportunities but we are throwing them away. So much can happen at

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international level. Four goals is absolutely nothing. England came out

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of the blocks. Australia got in front. They reeled them back in.

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Just the four goals behind. England found themselves three

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behind New Zealand. Four behind the world number one. Each team takes it

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in turn to restart the match with a centre pass. The idea is to try and

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capitalise on the other team's centre pass. At the moment we think

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it is 8-5 to Australia. How does that work in your mind? Is a

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positive start for England? Definitely a positive start. They

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are putting pressure on the Australians throughout the court and

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thinking about their options. What we did really well was we closed

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down the space of the Australians. I think Agbeze, Mentor and Cobden are

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working so well as a unit. It is like a diamond formation on the

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court. It is making it so hard for a stranger to pick their spaces. They

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got their balls through but they have to be pinpoint. Really

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positive. So difficult for a relatively new England combination.

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Cobden and Housby. How do you think it is working, the telepathy? To be

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a must, I think that is where it is at the moment. The worrying sign for

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me is that the centre pass is not good enough. We lost our first one.

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When we take our centre pass, it goes into a shooting opportunity

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straightaway. We are funding the ball, losing possession. Having to

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work twice as hard. It has to get down there fluently. You have to

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help the inside circle attack. There is this imposing presence in the

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Australian circle of Sharni Layton. My goodness, you said to me in the

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middle of that, what was she like as a child? She doesn't stop moving.

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She doesn't. Her feet never stop. She will go hunting. When you say go

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hunting, you stop marking your player and rugged marking everybody

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else. She is the anchor that brings the defensive units together. That

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is making it so hard for England to know where to go. However, there

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have been opportunities. There are gaps. We need to keep on doing that.

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One thing really positive about the England attacking movement, when

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they are not happy with what's in front of them, they will reset it

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and start again. They will have to do that more. The defensive unit is

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so tough. You have to be 99.9% sure the ball is gone to get to your

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players. If you were Tracey Neville, the England coach, what would you be

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saying to your team? The centre pass attack needs to go direct to goal

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every single time. Capitalise on the turn-off -- turnover from our

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defensive unit. They have been fantastic. The crowd

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back on their feet. Australia, the number one team in the world know

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they are in a match at the moment. It is whether England can cut out

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those mistakes and drive forward. Lucia style beside me. We spotted a

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couple of things England could tighten? The Centre Court. We need

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to be tighter on their centre. They are getting easy ball in the centre.

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Geva Mentor and Ama Agbeze are doing a tremendous job. But we need to be

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tighter. The Chancellor England to make that footwork error count.

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Name-macro will set herself. -- Corbin. Helen Housby could not get

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the rebound. Such is the agility of Corbin, she made sure second

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attempt. She did but it needs to be going in second -- first attempt.

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Now possession has changed over hands. OK, come on girls. Let's sink

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those goals one we have got the chances. Some leaders needed

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crosscourt for England. It is not like they are not getting the

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opportunities. That is much tighter now into the corners. Tracey Neville

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has had a bit of a chat to those guys to make sure that we are tight

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in the corners against their wing attacking centre. Great rebound from

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Geva Mentor. Ama Agbeze applauding that. Her whole body position,

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dangling her body so she can protect the ball coming down. Has be de

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Klerk. Great movement. -- Helen Housby to Clarke. Always good to

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turn over and Australia centre pass. Can England get back?

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That was a great role off, any youngsters watching that, that was a

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great roll off into the corner. Again, Kadeen Corbin. She needed a

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bit more knees. She mustn't lose her discipline to get the obstruction

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call because then we take it back again. It is going short when she is

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shooting. Maybe the old-fashioned take a breath. Good advice. Feel

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free to use it. LAUGHTER Into the circle. Great defence, the

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switching. One going front and one going back, always covering each

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other. Greg Hands. -- great hands. Long ball out to Clarke, made

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herself free again. She gave the eyes to Housby and needs to reset

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herself. Vision again, back to Pitman. Housby showing her

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confidence, and she will shoot from here. This time Corbin will hang

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onto it. Come on, kidding Corbin. That was really patient build-up

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play. -- Kadeen Corbin. To make sure they are scoring from their own

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centre pass. England are now back to within two. That was a good

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challenge. Keep going. Really important we are challenging on

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every ball, that England are going for every ball. And again,

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hesitation from the shooters. Still sunk it, though. Good running around

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the court from Pitman. Now the confidence is back. Brilliant. Nice

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shot from Corbin and nice footwork to get onto the back line and give

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herself the mid range shot. Hopefully that will give her

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confidence. Australia not happy with that call. Some booing from the

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Australians inside Wembley Arena. It is important that England used those

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moments and take the opportunity. The focus for England is to play the

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game and not respond to anything which they think is cynical. It is

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up to subjectivity. They have got to stay cool and play the game.

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Fantastic feed from Chelsea Pitman. During the defender and popping it

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up and over into the space. As Gary mentioned, one side can get blown

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out of the game, the whistle can frustrate them. England want to be

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frustrating. When I say frustrating, they want to frustrate the Aussies.

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Yes. Come on, girls. We are back to within touching distance of blowing

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the Aussies out of this one. Keep the momentum, turned this over.

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Amazing. -- turn. It is a Captain's performance. The breath we told them

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to take, now it's time they can go in inside Wembley Arena. The

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patient, build it. -- be patient. Oh! What a fantastic game. This is a

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turnaround from the New Zealand game. They have fire in their

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bellies. Such great defence from Australia. Yes! Amazing shot from

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Housby. Nice patient work and now the centre pass, come on, girls.

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Great turnover Australia. They look to Sharni Layton when they need

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leaders. She got her hand in the air and said, come on, let's calm down.

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Australia responding. Great movement. The little step in. And

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this is international netball, how the momentum can swing a game. They

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can't miss that. Back to 15-15. Really important that England try to

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keep with their centre pass. Again the physical presence of Australia.

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In that circle. Important we score from theirs, availability of the

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centre pass, that was very good, Beth Cobden.

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Wing defence, persistent contact. A little talking to for Gabi Simpson,

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she's a strong player for Australia. Now come Australia game, they don't

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let those moments get to them. Really important, the shooters need

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to take a breath. We've had so many opportunities here. That is exactly

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what Australia do. Lisa Alexander's side going back to two in front.

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Jade Clarke talking, dictating what is going to happen on the defence of

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the centre pass and very tight on Hadley. That is a good tip. The

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calls are going Australia's way, as well. Thwaites makes it a 3-goal and

:36:18.:36:32.

-- advantage. Just under seven minutes of the half remaining.

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Fantastic vision from Pitman to see that. And a good centre pass from

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England to keep them in it. That is two goals. Good defence from the

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England girls. Forcing them away from the ball, so they are looking

:36:54.:36:59.

for a long ball. Chelsea Pitman thought she might have some luck for

:37:00.:37:08.

England. Uncharacteristic, for an Australian to drop the ball. England

:37:09.:37:16.

are being patient, working this through. Need to be available,

:37:17.:37:24.

girls, they need depth to this ball. Pitman, back to Agbeze. Looking for

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the feed on the edge of the circle. The relationship has been very good

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between Corbin and Agbeze. Edge of the circle, Thwaites. Caitlin

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Thwaites, just telling her team-mate she was there, to pass it back to

:37:58.:38:05.

her. Great intuitive movement and combinations from Australia in the

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circle. It will be interesting to see the shooting statistics from

:38:11.:38:16.

Australia. Thwaites has missed a few under pressure. England need to keep

:38:17.:38:21.

working hard, to offer and be available and make sure we have

:38:22.:38:28.

plenty of options on every ball. We need depth, we can't go Square every

:38:29.:38:39.

time. She was a bit unlucky, there, Brandley. Back to within two. Jade

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Clarke, having a sniff of it, very easy for the Australians.

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Very calm from the Australian shooters. Lots of interplay between

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the two of them. To make their shots longer.

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Sharni Layton is hunting for the ball outside the circle. She is

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looking for the ball that is going to the wing attack and the centre

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around the circle edge, but that leaves Corbin under the posts. We

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are here at Wembley Arena. England umpire Gary Burgess is with us and

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we are hearing less whistle in this quarter. Yes, that is right, there

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is less whistle compared to a few years ago, especially in a game of

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goals. It makes the game more watchable. The thing to note, wing

:40:02.:40:08.

defence of Australia has received a caution and then official warning,

:40:09.:40:13.

and that really is a decision to be made about that player. The umpires

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will go on that game management ladder. That is one thing to look

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for, really. The England attack there was fantastic. That was so

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lovely to see. That is exactly how they can play against the world

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number one. Anything you could do, we can more than matches, is says

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Australia. -- match you. Gabi Simpson is on that caution, that

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warning. Interesting matchup between her and Chelsea Pitman. There is

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Pitman, that was a great call from Kadeen Corbin. And then drive under

:41:04.:41:12.

the posts. Tracey Neville, on the bench, roaring her side forward.

:41:13.:41:24.

That is the caution against Kim Ravaillion, a big player for

:41:25.:41:32.

Australia. But England can't make it count. Reverse hand from Brandley,

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the ball not accurate enough. That is good circle defence. Oh! But

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popped over the top. They are making it hard. A bit of limbo. LAUGHTER

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Just the average Sunday afternoon. When you see that space open up, so

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difficult to defend against. It is, because you have committed to the

:42:07.:42:09.

forward one and then the backspace opens up. Ideally you are looking

:42:10.:42:15.

for the other defender to maybe take that. Jade Clarke, swinging that

:42:16.:42:25.

out. The option open? Probably if it was pushed more into the corner, but

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you have got to be careful with the long ones when Sharni Layton is in

:42:30.:42:34.

there. She's the goalkeeper and captain for Australia, Sharni

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Layton. There goes Corbin, just off the back. Housby, the long arms.

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Great rebound. We are within two of the world number ones, England are

:42:50.:42:54.

doing a very good job. They need to stay within two. The last 30 seconds

:42:55.:43:00.

of the half. Big defence from England. 20 seconds left. Australia

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are very good at wasting the time and making sure the ball ends up

:43:11.:43:17.

there. Ten seconds left. Caitlin Thwaites, doing what she has done

:43:18.:43:20.

throughout this half, improving as the half went on. They are so

:43:21.:43:30.

dangerous under the posts. England, much better start to the second

:43:31.:43:35.

quarter. Fantastic start, much more patient build-up, there was wobble

:43:36.:43:38.

with the shooting at the beginning, but much better towards the end and

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they have got to draw confidence from that. Great quarter. Australia

:43:42.:43:50.

take the opportunities, though, they have the calmness on court. We have

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got to use those opportunities and go forward and we have done that in

:43:55.:43:59.

this quarter. Plenty of positives from Tracey Neville's side but Lisa

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Alexander's Australia have got the break here at Wembley.

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The difference was for goals, but now down to three. -- four. England

:44:10.:44:19.

went in front, but four unanswered goals against them, they had a

:44:20.:44:23.

nosebleed. Generally speaking, what a performance. They have tried to

:44:24.:44:29.

capitalise on the turn of, they were doing a lot of defensive work. --

:44:30.:44:35.

the turnover. In the first resold mistakes creeping in the second

:44:36.:44:39.

quarter they started to get on the end of it -- in the first half we

:44:40.:44:44.

saw mistakes creeping in. They were settled and they have the confidence

:44:45.:44:48.

to play it around until they were happy with the ball in front of

:44:49.:44:54.

them. What has been the hallmark of that performance in the second

:44:55.:44:56.

quarter from the England perspective? What is interesting.

:44:57.:45:02.

Caitlin Thwaites has been uncharacteristic under the posts and

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I've never seen her miss so many for Australia. They have played into our

:45:06.:45:11.

hands, the defence, because they are reliant on her in the circle and

:45:12.:45:16.

when she exits, they are not in quick enough, Pettitt, and I thought

:45:17.:45:24.

our attacking unit was much better and we got more depth. It is a

:45:25.:45:30.

struggle in there, if Housby and Corbin tucked in behind defenders,

:45:31.:45:34.

that will be a tough ask against Sharni Layton, so we need one player

:45:35.:45:41.

nearest to the ball with no defender between them. People who have

:45:42.:45:47.

watched netball after maybe a long time, not seeing it, in a test

:45:48.:45:53.

situation, it has changed in terms of contesting for the ball. What is

:45:54.:45:57.

the essence of what is new about this? When you are looking at the

:45:58.:46:03.

context of your looking at the balance between two players and

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umpires will try to promote the skill and the flow of the game. The

:46:06.:46:11.

difference would in contact and contests, contact interferes and

:46:12.:46:14.

stops a player from what they are trying to do and contest is a equal

:46:15.:46:21.

activity, really. I was asking you before we started, those who

:46:22.:46:28.

remembered netball from 20 years ago will remember more whistle, but many

:46:29.:46:33.

fouls are not being called now, why not? I spoke to the chair of the

:46:34.:46:39.

international role is by no and she has been involved for about 40 years

:46:40.:46:43.

-- international rules panel. They are looking at infringements which

:46:44.:46:48.

potentially would have been called, and they are now not being called.

:46:49.:46:52.

The physicality and the strength of the players means they can work hard

:46:53.:46:57.

on these things. One of the biggest things for viewers at home they

:46:58.:47:03.

might notice, there is no whistle for a goal and obvious low ins and

:47:04.:47:07.

that has reduced things that turn people off from watching -- obvious

:47:08.:47:16.

throw. This was a pivotal moment, the warning which was given. The

:47:17.:47:22.

warning that was issued, the umpire has gone through the normal

:47:23.:47:26.

sanctions, contact, and all of those, and gave the win defence from

:47:27.:47:30.

Australia caution but the contact. The player did not change their

:47:31.:47:35.

behaviour, that is the goal of the umpire, to change their behaviour,

:47:36.:47:39.

and the next step on the game management ladder is the official

:47:40.:47:45.

warning. Gabi Simpson, the wing defence, we saw her on her backside

:47:46.:47:49.

in that one, that is a real contest developing with Chelsea Pitman at

:47:50.:47:55.

wing attack. Chelsea Pitman is a form Australia player herself, and

:47:56.:48:00.

that contest, you have been watching it and enjoying it. I love it, I

:48:01.:48:08.

used to play in that position. Gabi Simpson is one of the new generation

:48:09.:48:12.

of players. Very fit and fast and agile. Chelsea Pitman is very good

:48:13.:48:20.

at just timing what is going on, so she doesn't run all the time, she

:48:21.:48:24.

picks her time to run. That makes it hard for the defender because you

:48:25.:48:27.

have got to know what she is doing and react to that. What she also

:48:28.:48:32.

does, she makes another move to counteract, so you have got to

:48:33.:48:36.

constantly readjust. At the moment Chelsea is having the better of that

:48:37.:48:41.

battle at the moment. It is important she is calm under

:48:42.:48:44.

pressure, she is getting her hands over, and it doesn't bother her.

:48:45.:48:50.

Maybe a bit of needle, because Chelsea Pitman, the wing attack is a

:48:51.:48:57.

very significant player, she was a World Cup winner for the Australians

:48:58.:49:01.

in 2011, but her Yorkshire born father here means she can compete

:49:02.:49:06.

for England. She has decided to play for England, the first time she has

:49:07.:49:10.

played against her former colleagues. Jess has been speaking

:49:11.:49:23.

to her about this amazing switch. You could have played for New

:49:24.:49:27.

Zealand but you chose England. So many reasons. Tracey Neville wanted

:49:28.:49:33.

me and for a coach to have confidence in your ability, that

:49:34.:49:36.

goes a long way, and for her to like the way I play an thing I could have

:49:37.:49:42.

a difference and slot in, that was enough -- the way I play and to

:49:43.:49:48.

think I could have a difference. My dad is English and my brother is

:49:49.:49:52.

here. Have you found many cultural differences? Outside of netball,

:49:53.:49:59.

many cultural differences, but in terms of netball it is just trying

:50:00.:50:03.

to find England, the identity of what they want to put out on court.

:50:04.:50:10.

In Australia, when you start at school, it is the most participated

:50:11.:50:15.

sport in the country, 1.8 million people, registered members, so

:50:16.:50:18.

everyone plays, male and female. Over here at the grassroots

:50:19.:50:23.

programme is where it starts and then it slowly builds. Being

:50:24.:50:27.

instilled in older players, the basic skills, but England have real

:50:28.:50:33.

war talent, it is just getting funding, it is just a problem that

:50:34.:50:36.

women have, funding and professionalism and getting to the

:50:37.:50:42.

full-time level -- real raw talent. It is heading in the right

:50:43.:50:45.

direction, especially with Tracey Neville doing the full-time

:50:46.:50:48.

programme with the English girls. I've spoken to a few people, I can

:50:49.:50:52.

see things they may not have picked up on. I have a fresh pair of eyes.

:50:53.:50:58.

And the fresh excitement, you are representing your country, that is

:50:59.:51:02.

amazing. You are representing the boils, that is pretty got down

:51:03.:51:05.

great. Little things you have to remember -- representing the Royals.

:51:06.:51:14.

So many people want to be here. For me, I know what my goals are and I

:51:15.:51:18.

want to be at the top of my game and I want to be in one of the best

:51:19.:51:23.

attacks in the world and I want to achieve things with England netball

:51:24.:51:26.

and I want to go to the Commonwealth Games and win a gold medal and win

:51:27.:51:31.

another World Championships. I want to give it my all and have a great

:51:32.:51:35.

season and hopefully at the end be a part of the England full-time

:51:36.:51:38.

programme and go from there. Those are my goals. I don't know if I will

:51:39.:51:43.

achieve them, that is down the track, but I will work hard on my

:51:44.:51:47.

stepping stones and put myself in the best position to be able to do

:51:48.:51:52.

those. She could have chosen to play for New Zealand Silver Ferns because

:51:53.:51:56.

her mother was born there but as a former Australian that would have

:51:57.:52:02.

been a step too far. Chelsea, along with four other of the Roses will be

:52:03.:52:06.

heading to Australia in eight days' time for the start of what is a

:52:07.:52:10.

brand-new era for your sport. Super netball. For the first time in nine

:52:11.:52:15.

years the Australians are going it alone, they used to be with the new

:52:16.:52:19.

Zealand league, but this is the first time that netball players will

:52:20.:52:23.

be paid to play every week and they will be paid around ?40,000 basic

:52:24.:52:28.

per year. How exciting are these times? So exciting, I want to come

:52:29.:52:35.

out of retirement, it is great for these athletes, they trained so

:52:36.:52:39.

hard. They are like footballers, they put in the same amount of time

:52:40.:52:44.

and effort, it is dedication. Before it was about passion, but now it is

:52:45.:52:48.

also your job, and they are very good at it. The girls are going to

:52:49.:52:52.

treasure this opportunity to be a professional athlete and to have the

:52:53.:52:56.

support and they can really elevate their game and continue to improve

:52:57.:53:02.

and stop not just netball. Generally in women's sport. You can be a

:53:03.:53:08.

professional cyclist in women's cycling, new can be an Olympian, but

:53:09.:53:11.

rather like in the men's games of football and rugby, to be a week in

:53:12.:53:20.

and week out professional, that is a new ball game. It is making such a

:53:21.:53:25.

big difference, I've been fortunate to coach in the last ten years,

:53:26.:53:29.

coming away from plan, and the difference it makes, you have do

:53:30.:53:32.

absorb yourself in it, if you are going to make the games which will

:53:33.:53:35.

tail on the international stage, the whole sport needs to keep moving in

:53:36.:53:40.

that direction and it is about time that women got that recognition --

:53:41.:53:44.

which will tell on the international stage. In order to make the leap to

:53:45.:53:50.

the Olympic Games, clearly more men have got to play. It is not unusual

:53:51.:53:56.

in Australia, so what would you say to that? Tracey Neville said a few

:53:57.:54:01.

days ago that that was one of the big things for netball, to get into

:54:02.:54:08.

the Olympics, they need to have more men. England have the first

:54:09.:54:17.

international umpire. The argument I have, you don't see men in

:54:18.:54:20.

synchronised swimming, so why can't we just see netball in the Olympics?

:54:21.:54:26.

That is a good man. That is for another day. In the meantime, the

:54:27.:54:31.

World Cup is coming to England in 2019, so not long to go, that is a

:54:32.:54:37.

big opportunity. Some of us can remember working at the last one in

:54:38.:54:40.

1995 and that was a very long time ago. Back to this game, England with

:54:41.:54:48.

32 shots and Australia with only 29, it is the percentage of conversion

:54:49.:54:51.

that Australia have which is superior so far. Very unusual

:54:52.:54:57.

situation. It is unusual, but not unexpected. Then we have the ball we

:54:58.:55:03.

know we have a chance. It's about giving us more opportunities. And

:55:04.:55:09.

fewer for the Australians. It is anyone's game at the moment. Here we

:55:10.:55:12.

go, the third quarter. COMMENTATOR: As a former England

:55:13.:55:25.

player, it is those moments which England have got to make count? Yes,

:55:26.:55:30.

they do, you don't get many chances against Australia say you have got

:55:31.:55:34.

to capitalise when you get them, and the shooting seems to have been a

:55:35.:55:39.

bit of a deciding factor. The fact we have opportunities is amazing. We

:55:40.:55:42.

have got to make sure we put them away. Changes for Australia. England

:55:43.:55:51.

sticking. This is Kadeen Corbin, to get England off the mark. Great shot

:55:52.:56:02.

and we need to carry on with that. That is one of those changes for

:56:03.:56:07.

Australia. Tippett in at goal attack. Unusual style. Very quick,

:56:08.:56:15.

former basketball player. She's 23 and I think the Aussies needed a

:56:16.:56:19.

change the shooting circle. She is a bit taller. We will have to get used

:56:20.:56:26.

to the quick shot she's got. Personal-best 20 goals against South

:56:27.:56:30.

Africa last time out, relatively new in terms of international

:56:31.:56:36.

experience. We need to keep moving in the circle. That is good, round

:56:37.:56:41.

the edge. Pitman is always available on the edge. England then, that is

:56:42.:56:53.

Sharni Layton, they are so quick with their passing, Australia.

:56:54.:57:00.

Tippett with the movement and she makes it count. England have gone to

:57:01.:57:06.

four now, we need to turn this centre pass over. Movement again

:57:07.:57:13.

from Gretel Tippett and she has come out firing. She has. The England

:57:14.:57:19.

defence have got to be a bit tighter. Thwaites is coming out to

:57:20.:57:25.

get the ball and Tippett under the posts. Pitman combining with Housby

:57:26.:57:33.

and back to Corbin. Those hands, the long reach of Sharni Layton, and

:57:34.:57:38.

Australia with the ball. Pitman needed to send it wider. To Corbin.

:57:39.:57:48.

The match just getting away from England at the moment. Jeevan Mendis

:57:49.:57:58.

needs to stay tight on Thwaites. -- Geva Mentor needs to stay tight.

:57:59.:58:07.

Making the space for herself again, Tippett. Gretel Tippett shooting at

:58:08.:58:17.

100% so far, four from four. The England defence needs to liven up.

:58:18.:58:26.

The call not going the way of Agbeze, contact call against her.

:58:27.:58:33.

Caitlin Thwaites makes it Australia putting themselves further in front

:58:34.:58:39.

with a seven goal lead now. England really need to score office now.

:58:40.:58:44.

They have gone seven down -- score off this. In a very short amount of

:58:45.:58:50.

time they have gone seven down and they'd need to pull this back.

:58:51.:58:56.

Housby. That is a good shot. Confident short shot. Ellie Cardwell

:58:57.:59:03.

on the bench appreciating that from England. Key moment. Slap of the

:59:04.:59:15.

thighs from Agbeze. Thwaites did not have the best first half. Unusual

:59:16.:59:21.

from Caitlin Thwaites. This is not perhaps the attacking circle that we

:59:22.:59:26.

would always expect from Australia but it is the defending they have

:59:27.:59:32.

really been trying new combinations. She has hesitated and she has missed

:59:33.:59:35.

a couple of shots, which is uncharacteristic. Simpson just

:59:36.:59:42.

taking that ball. Running into the corner. Thwaites will shoot from

:59:43.:59:52.

here and she sends it through the net. 30 up now for Australia. They

:59:53.:00:00.

are making those moments when things go their way count. Clarke, edge of

:00:01.:00:02.

the circle. She will shoot, Housby. That was a good shot from Housby.

:00:03.:00:25.

Composed shot. The ball getting into the Australian circle seems to be

:00:26.:00:30.

easier. We have to tighten up on that defence from the England girls.

:00:31.:00:40.

Those the thoughts of Lucia Sdao. You can get in touch, too. A good

:00:41.:00:52.

little pop from Corbin to Housby. You get a shorter shot. A short shot

:00:53.:00:58.

that is easier to put in. Great vision. Graceful play. Body on by

:00:59.:01:09.

the insight that circle. The contact called. -- body on body inside the

:01:10.:01:19.

circle. Step in from Tippett. Uncharacteristic from her. But the

:01:20.:01:25.

options they have to get the ball back, although swatting from Agbeze

:01:26.:01:30.

and Mentor or inside that circle, just a shame England could that --

:01:31.:01:38.

could not make that kind. It is. But it was harder to get that ball

:01:39.:01:44.

through. We need to move one of their shooters. Those lifted balls

:01:45.:01:51.

around the circle edge make me nervous. When they lift them up, it

:01:52.:01:58.

is an ideal opportunity for a circle defender to come flying out to take

:01:59.:01:59.

it. 32 plays 26. Australia coming back

:02:00.:02:14.

down court. International umpire Gary Burgess watching. A lot less

:02:15.:02:21.

whistle in this half? Absolutely. It is a good game for this kind of

:02:22.:02:25.

thing. The umpires are playing a love of advantage. It adds to the

:02:26.:02:33.

flair and allows the players to perform within the rules. How much

:02:34.:02:40.

would the players have had a little chat with the umpires? Anything they

:02:41.:02:51.

will be looking to shut out? Nothing really. The captains have the

:02:52.:02:55.

opportunity to ask the umpires. I didn't see that happen. The umpires

:02:56.:03:00.

showing a good representation of themselves today. 27-32. The ball is

:03:01.:03:10.

ending up in Aussie hands. We have to take a moment before we send it.

:03:11.:03:20.

Agbeze gets a round of applause. She is working her socks off. Ama Agbeze

:03:21.:03:27.

relatively new to the England captaincy. We have seen Geva Mentor

:03:28.:03:35.

in that position lately. What's the backspace here. The roll of. Good

:03:36.:03:41.

defence by England. Fantastic. Men tour being forced to hang onto

:03:42.:03:57.

the ball longer then she would have wanted. -- Mentor. Corbin sends it

:03:58.:04:07.

through the net. Just over six minutes of this third-quarter and

:04:08.:04:12.

England back to within four. Fantastic. Came down the sideline a

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bit too close for comfort. But Corbin taking a nice ball. Cobden

:04:19.:04:25.

nearly turned that over. Beth Cobden one of the few of that seven for

:04:26.:04:32.

England plying her trade in the Australian Super League. -- in the

:04:33.:04:39.

Super League. Another missed shot for Tippett. Three on the run. It

:04:40.:04:48.

doesn't happen very often. Gretel Tippett's shooting percentage has

:04:49.:04:50.

dropped down to 24%. That won't help it. And England transitioning

:04:51.:04:58.

quickly through court. Driving right down to the third line. You can see

:04:59.:05:03.

the defence bring it to the third line.

:05:04.:05:14.

We are being as patient as we can. A good swing across the circle. Great

:05:15.:05:22.

shot again from Corbin. Taking us to three now. A word from Sharni

:05:23.:05:29.

Layton, the Australia captain, to the rest of her players. The England

:05:30.:05:34.

girls gaining much more depth. Now the crowd on their feet. Well

:05:35.:05:58.

played Kadeen Corbin. Great defence on the centre pass by the England

:05:59.:06:02.

girls. England were three down at half-time. Back to within two. A bit

:06:03.:06:15.

of a tussle. Rove Aylan and Jade Clarke. -- Ravaillion.

:06:16.:06:26.

Mentor got a hand to that. A bid of aggravation happening in the centre

:06:27.:06:37.

of the court. World-class defence though. Turning the ball. Giving

:06:38.:06:44.

England plenty of opportunities. Simpson hunting. Good shot from

:06:45.:06:53.

Corbin. England come back within one goal of the number one team in the

:06:54.:06:58.

world. Jade Clarke with the centre pass. Can they draw A level? --

:06:59.:07:02.

level. Helen Housby! We are back level.

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32-32. We are just seeing a change for Australia.

:07:13.:07:35.

They're reacting, Lisa Alexander reacting with a change.

:07:36.:07:46.

Pettitt on as goal shooter. Not sinking her first shot. But she

:07:47.:08:02.

sinks her second. Gary Burgess behind that post. We have seen some

:08:03.:08:08.

niggle. The good thing to know from the umpires here is there are times

:08:09.:08:13.

when the game becomes frenetic and the umpires will stamp their

:08:14.:08:15.

authority to bring it back under control. It's like a runaway train.

:08:16.:08:20.

If you let it keep going, it is hard to bring it back. The umpires will

:08:21.:08:24.

not play advantage on things and pull the infringements. No puffing

:08:25.:08:30.

out on court for England at the moment. Good rebound by Housby. We

:08:31.:08:41.

are on 33 all. A poker face from Tracey Neville. Great interception

:08:42.:08:48.

from Cobden covering the circle edge. And backing up as well. Always

:08:49.:09:02.

available. Ahead of this series, Beth Cobden said her dream one day

:09:03.:09:06.

was to play and Australia. She's Australia at the moment. A plank

:09:07.:09:13.

from Helen Housby. But she held onto it. And a great shot. What a

:09:14.:09:19.

fantastic shot. When is the last time you could do a plank and see

:09:20.:09:27.

your side in front? Just over a minute of this quarter remaining.

:09:28.:09:33.

The England girls have been patient. They just need to keep the ball.

:09:34.:09:39.

Such a key contest between Ravaillion and Clarke. Great

:09:40.:09:48.

rotation. Housby goes into the space. Two goals the lead. 50

:09:49.:09:55.

seconds. Big defence needed from England. Australia so strong in that

:09:56.:09:59.

attacking circle. They won't let this phase them at all. Contact

:10:00.:10:10.

called outside the circle. Australia, the best in the world for

:10:11.:10:15.

a reason. Pettitt just telling the rest of side to calm it down. They

:10:16.:10:21.

can handle these pressure moments. Sharni Layton is hunting. She nearly

:10:22.:10:29.

came for the long one. Amazing. Here goes Kadeen Corbin. Brilliant,

:10:30.:10:34.

brilliant! Australia will need to be quick to get the ball back down the

:10:35.:10:38.

court and to make these dying seconds count. Surely not enough

:10:39.:10:44.

time on the clock. England went into this quarter behind, 20 -- 24-21.

:10:45.:10:53.

They have kept their patients. They have kept the skill level and made

:10:54.:10:57.

those moments count. They go into the third quarter Liam Byrne 3611

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34. A chance for Tracey Neville to tell her side to take the deep

:11:04.:11:07.

breath and make those two goals count.

:11:08.:11:12.

It is England, the world number three side, leading the world

:11:13.:11:20.

champions and Commonwealth champions by two goals. They were seven behind

:11:21.:11:24.

at one point. These are very, very extraordinary times. Do England

:11:25.:11:30.

really have to grasp the nettle? You seldom get a terms to finish off the

:11:31.:11:35.

number one in the world? England A worked so hard. They have

:11:36.:11:40.

capitalised on their opportunities. It is so unlike Australia to miss so

:11:41.:11:44.

many goals. When you have an opportunity where they are not

:11:45.:11:47.

performing at their best, let's be honest, we need to put the boot in.

:11:48.:11:54.

Look after the ball down the court and convert. We can take this. It's

:11:55.:12:00.

an amazing quarter. We so Gretel Tippett coming on for Susan Pettitt.

:12:01.:12:12.

-- saw. It wasn't just that quarter. I would have gone with that change

:12:13.:12:16.

with tepid at half-time. I was hoping that Thwaites would be able

:12:17.:12:24.

to get herself right. -- Tippett. I think Pettitt was uncomfortable. She

:12:25.:12:31.

had to work hard to get back in. People can see how hard it is to get

:12:32.:12:37.

free of Geva Mentor. A lot of passing within the circle. Not

:12:38.:12:39.

taking your passes. Trying to off-load. Rather different to see

:12:40.:12:50.

from an Australian goal shooter. At best she gets the ball and she turns

:12:51.:12:54.

to the post. The style they chose to start with didn't work in our

:12:55.:12:58.

favour. Gretel Tippett was fantastic. If you want impact off

:12:59.:13:03.

the bench, that was great. The last ten minutes, England outscored them

:13:04.:13:10.

12-4. That is no mean feat. A fantastic achievement. In the third

:13:11.:13:13.

quarter against New Zealand it was even Stevens. That surpasses it.

:13:14.:13:21.

Just tell me, again from Tracey Neville's perspective, they have

:13:22.:13:24.

kept pace. They are in the lead. What will the words of advice be

:13:25.:13:31.

from the coach? Back to basics. We need to treasure the ball. We just

:13:32.:13:36.

need to convert our centre pass is. The intercept will, and the result

:13:37.:13:40.

will takes back -- take care of itself. Four years ago England beat

:13:41.:13:49.

Australia, their first time. What kind of opportunity is this right

:13:50.:13:55.

now in the last quarter? It is a fantastic opportunity. Exactly what

:13:56.:13:57.

the Quad Series was designed to do, to give our girls and opportunity.

:13:58.:14:02.

The Aussies are having a Wembley wobble. This is a ground they don't

:14:03.:14:08.

like playing in. Composer from both sides? Exactly. They have two focus

:14:09.:14:19.

on the basics. 15 minutes will decide the outcome of this match. It

:14:20.:14:25.

could mean that Australia will have to come back if they are to win this

:14:26.:14:29.

Quad Series. What a chance that England will score a significant win

:14:30.:14:35.

against the world number one side. Australia have won 28 of 32 tests on

:14:36.:14:44.

English soil. 15 minutes left. Jade Clarke plies her trade in Australia.

:14:45.:14:49.

England sticking with the seven that started. We have had a quick

:14:50.:14:55.

turnover already. England have to keep this. As Natalie said, it is

:14:56.:15:03.

about keeping the centre passes, scoring off you run centre passes.

:15:04.:15:12.

Nevins has come on for Australia. Lucia Sdao in the commentary

:15:13.:15:20.

position here at the SSE Arena. Let's see what sort of impact she

:15:21.:15:26.

makes and if she has any impact on this for Australia. A bit of a loose

:15:27.:15:33.

pass to Tippett. Tippett was shooting round about 40% in that

:15:34.:15:40.

last quarter. Australia draw themselves back level. That second

:15:41.:15:46.

phase ball for England has been really successful. A great take by

:15:47.:15:56.

Corbyn. Footwork called against Kadeen Corbin. They don't like that

:15:57.:15:57.

inside the arena. Good movement again inside the

:15:58.:16:14.

circle. Pettitt has got lots of experience. She has got World Cup

:16:15.:16:18.

medals, Commonwealth medals. That is what the Australians need at the

:16:19.:16:23.

moment. But they are not without error, the world number ones.

:16:24.:16:34.

Improvement from Australia in that circle. Are few boos in the crowd.

:16:35.:16:56.

-- a few. Australia making England's mistakes count. England have to

:16:57.:17:03.

think about ball placement. Making sure it gets to the player it is

:17:04.:17:16.

intending. Pettitt so calm under the post. Another centre pass gone. That

:17:17.:17:22.

is three now. England and need to keep an eye on this. A good tip by

:17:23.:17:40.

Beth. Australia are out firing but A call against Tippett.

:17:41.:17:48.

Pettitt really taking control of that attacking end. You can hear her

:17:49.:17:56.

directing the play. England need to cut her down, really. Not literally,

:17:57.:18:05.

obviously! Patient build-up by the England girls.

:18:06.:18:16.

Good pressure again from Australia. Gary Burgess, staying on the legal

:18:17.:18:23.

side at the moment, but such a key moment for the umpires when the

:18:24.:18:28.

pressure grows. Absolutely. The boos in the crowd, potentially a lot of

:18:29.:18:33.

it on fire to the umpires. These guys are experienced. Lisa McPhail

:18:34.:18:41.

umpires in the Super League. The other umpire has had four ANZ finals

:18:42.:18:49.

in Australia. There will be keeping their vision wide and making sure

:18:50.:18:52.

they continued to try to play as much advantage as they can. What a

:18:53.:18:58.

shot that was from Kadeen Corbin to take England back within a goal.

:18:59.:19:03.

Should we need this, it could go to extra time if we are at level. If it

:19:04.:19:08.

does, we will have seven minutes each way. If we are still level, we

:19:09.:19:12.

will play until there is a two goal caution. -- cushion. Geva Mentor are

:19:13.:19:21.

being told to cut the backchat. England needs to be getting up on

:19:22.:19:26.

those three bands. We don't want to give the Australians any more shots.

:19:27.:19:31.

-- rebound is. We have to make sure we are keeping

:19:32.:19:44.

the ball. Natalie said we have to treasure it. We have to keep our

:19:45.:19:52.

centre passes. Chelsea Pitman just saying hello. Leading Gabi Simpson

:19:53.:20:02.

know she is there. -- letting. Tippett is a former basketball

:20:03.:20:08.

player. The old fake hands. Back into the circle from Australia. Good

:20:09.:20:16.

play by Nevins. And a good take by Tippett. I'm not sure that even hit

:20:17.:20:26.

the ring. That one did. 41-38. Centre pass for Australia. Nine and

:20:27.:20:33.

a half minutes of this match remaining. You can see the England

:20:34.:20:38.

defence are trying to cut that second phase ball out. And Tippett,

:20:39.:20:49.

tall and strong, holding the space to take that ball. Another gone for

:20:50.:21:05.

England. Australia not afraid to move and use the whole court.

:21:06.:21:13.

Tippett is tall and that ball over is going to be easy. That was good

:21:14.:21:18.

defence by Helen Housby. Great pick-up. Movement from Kadeen

:21:19.:21:30.

Corbin. Just when things were starting to pull away from England

:21:31.:21:33.

and they take us back to within four. Good change in direction and

:21:34.:21:37.

great vision from Pitman. Australia will make this work. Any

:21:38.:21:56.

rebound, any turnover and the Australian record -- transition Dean

:21:57.:22:00.

Court so quick. The England defence have to be right on it. -- down in

:22:01.:22:02.

court. A missed shot by Pettitt. And an

:22:03.:22:13.

England backline, what can they do with this one? Geva Mentor, former

:22:14.:22:19.

England captain, to the current captain, Agbeze. Close hands. Nevins

:22:20.:22:27.

was nearly on that one. Pitman resets. Great hot potato,

:22:28.:22:53.

back to Housby. Just off the back. Corbyn wrestling this one through by

:22:54.:22:58.

herself. Good call by Beth Cobden. What a great rebound. They have

:22:59.:23:05.

really got to look at that long ball. If ever you wanted to know

:23:06.:23:11.

that Sharni Layton was on court, that was one pulled contact there.

:23:12.:23:18.

Housby and Corbyn shaded off. She has actually been quite quiet in

:23:19.:23:19.

this game. -- shake it off. Ravaillion trying to make things

:23:20.:23:36.

take for Australia. Geva Mentor so close to taking the ball. Great

:23:37.:23:41.

support for Australia inside the arena.

:23:42.:23:49.

Four goals is nothing with six minutes left. Not at all. It takes

:23:50.:23:57.

ten seconds to score a goal. Make that three. England need to stay

:23:58.:24:09.

with it. Turn this over. And as if by magic Agbeze comes out with the

:24:10.:24:11.

ball. Great turnover by the captain. Sharni Layton will gobble those up

:24:12.:24:32.

every day of the week. Contact called again. Jade Clarke really

:24:33.:24:49.

trying to turn that ball over. Good land from Australia. We're back out

:24:50.:24:57.

to four. Five minutes of the match remaining. Still close. Cobden...

:24:58.:25:06.

Lots of lateral ball. We need to get some depth on this. That was

:25:07.:25:16.

unintentional. Or I just being kind? I would not like to be

:25:17.:25:20.

unintentionally taken out. Everybody is contesting. Four and a half

:25:21.:25:29.

minutes. Three goals for England to pull back. Big defence needed.

:25:30.:25:35.

England really putting the pressure on. They could do with a turnover to

:25:36.:25:45.

take it to two. Edge of the circle. This is where Australia are clever.

:25:46.:25:48.

They are just running the clock down.

:25:49.:26:02.

OK England, let's go. We need to score from this centre pass. You

:26:03.:26:14.

said Sharni Layton was having a quiet game. Australia won't mind

:26:15.:26:17.

that kind of quiet game from their captain. Looks like Corbyn got an

:26:18.:26:27.

injury. She has got -- she is going to have to come off. She took a

:26:28.:26:37.

finger, a hand in the face. 30 seconds, she has to get off court.

:26:38.:26:44.

Yes, I think the action that came was a by-product, really. It was a

:26:45.:26:47.

really good tip. A lesser umpire may have blown it as an infringement.

:26:48.:26:53.

Unfortunately, the player got Mac -- caught on the way through.

:26:54.:27:05.

Haythornthwaite 's -- Haythornthwaite comes on for

:27:06.:27:08.

England. She is about to ply their trade with wasps. Let's see if she

:27:09.:27:15.

can make our mark with three minutes remaining. Contact called. Cause

:27:16.:27:28.

this be another swing for England? Haythornthwaite will give you the

:27:29.:27:36.

legs inside that circle. Pitman calmed things down. Housby makes it

:27:37.:27:45.

count. Back to within three. Great confident shot from Housby. Good

:27:46.:27:54.

second stage defence by Clarke. Nearly got the first one as well.

:27:55.:28:02.

Mentor gets it. England get the call. Pettitt not happy with that.

:28:03.:28:15.

Great switch by Mentor and Agbeze. Caution cold against Gretel Tippett.

:28:16.:28:21.

Let's see where this one goes. Big moment for Haythornthwaite. And a

:28:22.:28:32.

contact called. It gives England another goal. England back to two.

:28:33.:28:45.

Two minutes remaining. Pitman trying hard to get free on the circle edge.

:28:46.:28:51.

And a contact called. An offside call. What a two minutes at the SSE

:28:52.:29:02.

Arena. Some any times before we have seen Housby in those pressure

:29:03.:29:06.

situations. One goal in it. Centre pass to Australia. England needs to

:29:07.:29:16.

be tied. All seven tied. -- England needs to be tight. All seven tied.

:29:17.:29:25.

It is anybody's game. Mentor ends up on our backside. Agbeze, too.

:29:26.:29:34.

Pettitt sinks the goal again. 47-45. Just over a minute. England needs to

:29:35.:29:50.

be quick. Pitman to Clarke. Haythornthwaite not in her

:29:51.:29:53.

traditional position, where she has been playing all her life. Putting

:29:54.:30:02.

that away fantastic. Can England turn the ball over? Into the last 40

:30:03.:30:06.

seconds. Australia will move the ball around court. They will get the

:30:07.:30:10.

clock counting down. When they get that opportunity inside the circle,

:30:11.:30:13.

they can make it count. They are trying to make -- use up all the

:30:14.:30:17.

time. The call goes with Australia. Just making this movement around

:30:18.:30:31.

court, Australia so clever. The call has gone the way of England, time

:30:32.:30:41.

called. Caution against Pettitt, the last 16 seconds. Then England tag us

:30:42.:30:49.

into extra time? -- can. Time called. Contact called. They will

:30:50.:30:59.

have 11 seconds. Here we go again, Haythornthwaite. England need to get

:31:00.:31:06.

it into the circle. No. Sharni Layton, the big player for the big

:31:07.:31:10.

moment, she turns it over and there goes the hooter. England have taken

:31:11.:31:18.

Australia as close as they have run them for many years but too far in

:31:19.:31:23.

the end. What an amazing game. Tracey Neville will be delighted,

:31:24.:31:27.

fantastic performance from England, who really gave us a performance

:31:28.:31:35.

against South Africa which was not up to standard and lost heavily

:31:36.:31:40.

against the Silver Ferns but this is a great performance against the

:31:41.:31:45.

number ones. Tracey Neville is happy with the performance from her side,

:31:46.:31:48.

but how close they have run the world number one team. Ultimately it

:31:49.:31:53.

ends in defeat here at the SSE Arena. Nothing between the number

:31:54.:31:58.

one and number three teams in the world. It is the moments again, you

:31:59.:32:03.

could not have told much difference in level. Not that all. It is the

:32:04.:32:10.

basic mistakes, the mist shots, it all counts in the end. You are

:32:11.:32:15.

playing for a whole hour and those little moments can. They have got to

:32:16.:32:21.

move on from this, a brilliant performance and something they can

:32:22.:32:24.

move forward on -- those little moments count. Well done, girls.

:32:25.:32:31.

There is the hard all from the Aussie Diamonds, but England are

:32:32.:32:34.

done on one knee, they know they have taken the number one team in

:32:35.:32:38.

the world right to the brink, but Australia will defend their Quad

:32:39.:32:42.

Series title. What a performance from the Roses, but oh so close at

:32:43.:32:47.

the end. It wasn't to be. It finishes here inside the SSE Arena

:32:48.:32:52.

47-46, two Australia. That is international netball at its

:32:53.:33:01.

absolute best, what a fantastic Test match. England have run the world

:33:02.:33:07.

champions and the world number one team, the Aussie Diamonds, very very

:33:08.:33:12.

close. Just one goal in it in the end. It means that Australia, the

:33:13.:33:17.

Diamonds, have won the Quad Series with three wins. But my goodness,

:33:18.:33:25.

Tracey Neville's team pushed their mighty hard today. -- pushed them.

:33:26.:33:33.

How significant a match was that for both teams? Both teams put out a

:33:34.:33:42.

world-class performance. Australia uncharacteristically missed a lot of

:33:43.:33:46.

shots but they worked their way through it. They brought on Pires

:33:47.:33:55.

who had an -- players who had an impact on the game and they were

:33:56.:33:59.

always able to find a way. Sharni Layton came alive in the final

:34:00.:34:03.

quarter. Anything that was potentially lose, she was on it. It

:34:04.:34:07.

was a true captain's performance galvanising her team. England needed

:34:08.:34:13.

to get the last goal to go to extra time which I was excited about it,

:34:14.:34:16.

and Sharni Layton got the match-winning interception, to make

:34:17.:34:19.

sure this game ended in on an Australian victory. World-class.

:34:20.:34:25.

Many people were delighted to see such a competitive Test match, but

:34:26.:34:27.

should this have been England's victory? Without meaning to be

:34:28.:34:33.

negative, the opportunity was there. It will be very rare that you will

:34:34.:34:37.

see Australia missed that many shots under the post. And allow teams to

:34:38.:34:42.

come back at them. Not just a couple of goals, but 5-6, seven, that is

:34:43.:34:50.

uncharacteristic and Tracey Neville will be regretting the fact, because

:34:51.:34:55.

you have got to seize those moments. The message it could have sent. This

:34:56.:34:59.

is fantastic, they will take confidence from the fact they got

:35:00.:35:03.

themselves back into the game, but those statistics will frustrate

:35:04.:35:06.

England when they look at them because there were opportunities in

:35:07.:35:10.

every corner. They got back, they went up, as soon as we took the lead

:35:11.:35:14.

we could not hold the lead. That will be the area they will want to

:35:15.:35:19.

work out how to do. To be fair the Australians are well rehearsed and

:35:20.:35:22.

hence why they have been able to get through it today. It is handling the

:35:23.:35:27.

lead and capitalising on the lead, that is the next step forward for

:35:28.:35:33.

England. Absolutely. There were options for both teams to seal the

:35:34.:35:37.

deal, and it was who got it on the day. Let's go back to the key

:35:38.:35:44.

moments in the final quarter. We have seen over the years, you have

:35:45.:35:48.

officiated in games at the Commonwealth Games where Australia

:35:49.:35:51.

and New Zealand has been decided by one single goal. Composure, handling

:35:52.:35:55.

the moment, you have got to be in it to experience that. So how important

:35:56.:36:04.

is this for Tracey Neville's squad? Invaluable, this is a packed

:36:05.:36:07.

stadium, it is very tight, and thinking about being precise with

:36:08.:36:12.

what they are delivering. Decision-making under pressure, the

:36:13.:36:15.

errors reduced as we got close to the end, and we saw that our team

:36:16.:36:19.

was able to get interceptions. Unfortunately for us, Australia were

:36:20.:36:24.

bit better in terms of doing that. We now have Tracey Neville. I'm not

:36:25.:36:31.

sure whether it is commiserations or congratulations, but that was an

:36:32.:36:38.

absolutely brilliant advertise -- advert for your squad. I apologise

:36:39.:36:43.

to my team, I thought against New Zealand they had only given 30

:36:44.:36:47.

minutes, and when I looked at the footage they had given 45 and I said

:36:48.:36:52.

to them, 15 minutes, you completely destroyed yourself, you can't do

:36:53.:36:59.

that. It was about feeling comfortable and uncomfortable, and

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those girls, I'm so proud of them. I said you have got to back each other

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and respond to everything we do on court, and I'm proud of them. We

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were just talking about being in that moment and being able to handle

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the final quarter like that, and getting used to being in the lead

:37:14.:37:18.

against teams like Australia. Unknown quantity for many of the

:37:19.:37:24.

team. How'd you them all used to it? -- how do you get them all used to

:37:25.:37:29.

it? It is all for coming someone had said would you like to be in this

:37:30.:37:34.

situation, I would have said yes. In training I would have said, what

:37:35.:37:36.

have you done that for? It is lessons learned. You can look at the

:37:37.:37:42.

critical moments where we could have got ahead of Australia, but we have

:37:43.:37:46.

to look at the positives. The way we pick ourselves up, we showed and the

:37:47.:37:51.

girls bought from the start until the end, and we made them make

:37:52.:37:54.

changes and that is something we have got to do because as a coach

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you have got to challenge the coaching staff as well as the team.

:37:58.:38:02.

There is a target for you, the World Cup, the World Championship, in

:38:03.:38:08.

Liverpool in 2019, but that brings its own pressures. It is

:38:09.:38:14.

interesting. The target is to produce a gold medal at the 2019, as

:38:15.:38:19.

Australia will tell you, that is not easy. My biggest challenge is about

:38:20.:38:26.

getting on the same game plan and getting these players together and

:38:27.:38:29.

training them and building into the Commonwealth Games. We said we had

:38:30.:38:33.

to improve as a team and our culture and our behaviour and I think we are

:38:34.:38:37.

going in the right direction. That might not be seen externally at

:38:38.:38:43.

times but internally the girls have been real positive, and

:38:44.:38:47.

behind-the-scenes, they are challenging me and hopefully I'm

:38:48.:38:50.

challenging them in the same way and we have got to keep doing that. And

:38:51.:38:56.

never take second best. You have a lot of targets ahead of you, the

:38:57.:38:58.

World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, coming up next year. After

:38:59.:39:06.

that performance, at this Quad Series, have you a clearer picture

:39:07.:39:09.

now of what you are going to be doing for the squad? I'm not going

:39:10.:39:14.

to lie, I need thinking time, and I think this next visit, will be very

:39:15.:39:20.

good to see them back in their clubs, to see the passion fly

:39:21.:39:23.

through, which we see all the time, but that gives me a bit of step back

:39:24.:39:28.

period, to assess where we are at. We start the programme in July and

:39:29.:39:31.

it has to be nailed on this time, it has to be absolutely perfect, be on

:39:32.:39:37.

perfect. If we are going to have a chance of getting into the final. --

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beyond. It has been a joy to watch that match, very well played to you

:39:43.:39:48.

and your team. It is good to see you back covering the netball. It is

:39:49.:39:57.

good to be back. There were a lot of changes in the Australian personnel?

:39:58.:40:03.

Yes, I need the team out in front of me to make my life a bit easier.

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What about the closing seconds of the match? Did you feel calm? That

:40:08.:40:14.

is my job at the back, to keep it calm and to be the anchor for the

:40:15.:40:17.

team, and we were a bit slow off the mark every time they made changes,

:40:18.:40:20.

but we got back into the swing of things and we just had to get the

:40:21.:40:26.

ball in the defensive end. We are knackered, but we were ready to go

:40:27.:40:29.

into extra time, but unfortunately we were not able to score. But so

:40:30.:40:33.

proud of the girls this afternoon, they have done so well and they

:40:34.:40:36.

turned it around after the lousy performance in the week. We have

:40:37.:40:41.

been trying so hard. Finally, is this one that has got away?

:40:42.:40:46.

Absolutely, I'm away stepping out to win, credit to the crowd and

:40:47.:40:51.

Wembley, they got us over the line, we felt the energy, and I'm so proud

:40:52.:40:54.

of the girls and what paper in in this last performance. It was a

:40:55.:41:00.

great game to watch and congratulations on your most

:41:01.:41:06.

valuable player award. The Australians, what will they take?

:41:07.:41:13.

That England are forced be reckoned with and they need to look at their

:41:14.:41:18.

attacking players on court, they are missing the likes of Natalie

:41:19.:41:26.

Midhurst. The second line coming through, they felt under pressure by

:41:27.:41:30.

the England defence, so they might have to look at that and see how

:41:31.:41:36.

they can develop their game. From the England perspective, the main

:41:37.:41:40.

positive to take? The fact that when things weren't going well, they got

:41:41.:41:46.

back out. The centre pass attack was not consistent, statistics will

:41:47.:41:49.

prove that, so it is around consistency, and they now know when

:41:50.:41:52.

Australia go ahead by seven, they can get it back. Punishing Australia

:41:53.:41:58.

when they are not 100% is the first building block, really, to be able

:41:59.:42:03.

to build them. For people just watching netball for the first time

:42:04.:42:06.

after many years, what do you hope it has shown about this sport?

:42:07.:42:11.

Netball is no longer just for the playground, we have had a great

:42:12.:42:17.

battle on the court. And we are showcasing the sport as a really

:42:18.:42:20.

credible international sport. Gone are the days of girls on school

:42:21.:42:25.

courts, this is where it is and this is what it is all about. It is a

:42:26.:42:30.

career choice for women now. If you are good enough you can play in the

:42:31.:42:34.

UK Superleague and in New Zealand you have a new premiership and you

:42:35.:42:37.

have this magic Superleague which is starting in Australia. These are

:42:38.:42:43.

exciting times. It has been fantastic to share this with you.

:42:44.:42:47.

Thanks for joining us. I hope you have enjoyed it. This is what is

:42:48.:42:53.

happening next. You have a chance to see athletics with a brand-new

:42:54.:43:02.

format. It is a team event. Old and new races in that event, and that is

:43:03.:43:03.

coming very shortly. If you are hooked netball, we will

:43:04.:43:16.

show the first of two frilly matches for Wales -- the first of two

:43:17.:43:24.

friendly matches. England have shown their horns, but it is not for

:43:25.:43:27.

nothing that Australia are nicknamed the Diamonds, they are tough and

:43:28.:43:32.

resolute and they have shone just a tiny bit brighter today. From all of

:43:33.:43:36.

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