{"id":839429,"date":"2026-08-02T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839429\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:22:10","slug":"disappointed-diamonds-get-one-final-chance-to-snare-medal-in-glasgow-netball-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839429\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappointed Diamonds get one final chance to snare medal in Glasgow \u2013 Netball LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than 24 hours after their historic Commonwealth Games semi final loss, the Australian Diamonds have to back up and fight for a bronze medal against England on Sunday. Follow LIVE &gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest netball news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NetballArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But for the fifth time this Games, Aussie coach Stacey Marinkovich has gone with the same starting seven &#8211; not rewarding the repeated good form of star Cara Koenen.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Koenen should have got the start in GS,\u201d Aussie great Kim Green said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe brought such versatility in the dodge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting them (England\u2019s defenders) on the move is going to be important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll be pretty devastated and damaged from yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it was a \u201cfearless England\u201d that got the first break in the match as the Glasgow crowd erupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels pretty flat,\u201d Aussie great Cath Cox said of the Diamonds both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>With the same Kiwi umpires from yesterday\u2019s semi final loss, again it was Aussie defender Courtney Bruce drawing early attention.<\/p>\n<p>Play was stopped midway through the term as both she and opponent Liv Tchine were spoken to by Gareth Fowler.<\/p>\n<p>But down the other end, the Roses duo of Fran Williams and Halimat Adio were copping the same treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlayers, you both need to come off,\u201d umpire Ken Metekingi said.<\/p>\n<p>A few loose balls into Tchine gave Australia the opportunity to shift the momentum &#8211; and as a result changes came for England.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha Glasgow came on at GA with Lois Pearson shifted to WA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s back to the way the Aussies play \u2013 quick and short and sharp,\u201d Cox praised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it was missing yesterday against Jamaica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the first change, Australia were leading 19-11.<\/p>\n<p>STARTING SEVEN:<\/p>\n<p>AUS: GS Garbin, GA Austin, WA Watson, C Moloney, WD Price, GD Weston, GK Bruce<\/p>\n<p>ENG: GS Tchine, GA Pearson, WA Shaw, C Carter, WD Allison, GD Williams, GK Adio<\/p>\n<p>WOUNDED DIAMONDS NEED TO RESPOND<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in history, Australia won\u2019t feature in the gold medal match after netball\u2019s introduction to the Games back in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-captain Kate Moloney says the Diamonds\u2019 eyes remained on still medalling at the Glasgow Games \u2013 and avoiding a disastrous fourth place finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that at our best we can beat anyone,\u201d she said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/commonwealth-games\/sports\/netball\/netball-commonwealth-games-2026-australia-vs-jamaica-live-semi-final-game-diamonds-vs-sunshine-girls-live-scores-news-blog-start-time-and-how-to-watch\/news-story\/7d4627978af23a95aae5bacb3da233d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">after Saturday night\u2019s loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll come out even stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the semi final loss, coach Stacey Marinkovich has once again opted for the same starting seven to take on the England Roses.<\/p>\n<p>Bronze medal opponents England are hoping to avoid a consecutive fourth place finish \u2013 as they did in 2022 against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>At the time it was a fall from grace from what had been the reigning Commonwealth Games champions after their shock gold medal success in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>But the Roses are battling to find the right balance in their line up in Glasgow with young Ella Clark \u2013 a last-minute addition to the squad as injury cover, struggling for court time.<\/p>\n<p>The Diamonds and Roses have already met this tournament with Australia taking a comfortable 66-47 win during the Pool stages.<\/p>\n<p>But that form counts for nothing \u2013 as shown by Jamaica in their upset win over the Diamonds in last night\u2019s semi final.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting the same umpires from Australia\u2019s semi final loss to Jamaica will be in charge of the bronze medal decider &#8211; something Marinkovich noted in her pre-match address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were penalised heavily yesterday,\u201d she said of the 86 penalties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to show we can adjust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Match details: Australia vs England, with first centre pass from 6pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>How to watch: Stream on 7Plus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than 24 hours after their historic Commonwealth Games semi final loss, the Australian Diamonds have to back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,85],"class_list":["post-839429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}