\u201cLook, I\u2019m back. It\u2019s probably the thing that I\u2019m holding on to. And as I say, as a coach, my happy place is on court. So on the it\u2019s training with the players, it\u2019s in team meetings, it\u2019s what I do, it\u2019s how I do it. And until I sort of really get back in my eyes, then there\u2019s still a bit to go. So, but I\u2019m happy. It\u2019s been a long journey over the last two months, very horrific in my eyes, but you know, I\u2019ve got to where I am and I\u2019m proud of that I\u2019ve been able to stand in my own truth, so to speak.\u201d <\/p>\n
Taurua said she was constrained in what she could say about the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I am constrained, mainly because of what\u2019s been signed and I will really want to honor that in regards to the integrity that I have. But also the balancing act, I suppose, that I have to be able to put my truth out there. So, I\u2019m in my conscious space. Never been so conscious in my life. But, you know, I don\u2019t want to be the shortest reinstatement. I\u2019ve had enough excitement over the last two months, so but I also need to put my truth out there. So, this is a balancing act that I\u2019m prepared to walk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taurua said she believed she had the support of the majority of the Silver Ferns.<\/p>\n
\u201c[I] felt I had the support of the players and the team, the majority. [It] was important for me to get my name cleared.\u201d<\/p>\n
NNZ last week confirmed Taurua\u2019s return following weeks of negotiations after she was stood down early in September.<\/p>\n
It was determined that Taurua\u2019s integrity is sound, more than nine months after player complaints about feeling \u201cunsafe\u201d in the Ferns environment.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s now been six weeks since the 2019 World Cup-winner was stood down days out from the Taini Jamison series. Taurua and NNZ have since been locked in negotiations over how to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n
While Taurua is technically back as head coach, she will not rejoin the team until next year. NNZ said the 2019 World Cup-winner will sit out the impending Northern Tour of Scotland and England to \u201cminimise disruption\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cLook, I\u2019m back. It\u2019s probably the thing that I\u2019m holding on to. And as I say, as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[95,1320,2947,4527,6097,10541,1364,31144,6036,111,139,16759,69,90,5204,16513,37486,81545,312,7457,213,6100,17218,16763,1361,14036],"class_list":["post-114424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-and","tag-coach","tag-dame","tag-doesnt","tag-down","tag-ferns","tag-her","tag-horrific","tag-know","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-noeline","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-process","tag-reason","tag-reinstated","tag-saw","tag-says","tag-silver","tag-sports","tag-still","tag-stood","tag-taurua","tag-that","tag-whole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}