\u201cThis is an exciting team who showed what it is capable of last year. There is resilience, grit and genuine hunger within this group.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of these players are also familiar with our court systems, processes and routines. With a short runway between assembling as a team and our opening match against Scotland, continuity and familiarity is a real asset. In a campaign where every training session counts, this team allows us to spend less time learning and more time refining, connecting and performing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taurua said they have been planning for this campaign for a number of years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Commonwealth Games, alongside the 2027 Netball World Cup, is a pinnacle event and a key milestone within our four-year cycle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know it\u2019s going to be a huge challenge, but it\u2019s one we\u2019re excited about. To represent New Zealand at an iconic event such as the Commonwealth Games, and to be part of a wider New Zealand team alongside athletes from a range of sports, is a privilege. We are ready to embrace the challenge, enjoy the experience and grab the opportunity with both hands\u201d.<\/p>\n
Silver Ferns squad<\/p>\n
Shooters: Georgia Heffernan, Grace Nweke, Martina Salmon, Amelia Walmsley.<\/p>\n
Midcourt: Madeline Gordon, Kate Heffernan, Kimiora Poi*, Mila Reuelu-Buchanan.<\/p>\n
Defence: Karin Burger, Catherine Hall*, Kelly Jackson, Carys Stythe.<\/p>\n
*subject to medical clearance<\/p>\n
Travelling reserve: Parris Mason<\/p>\n
Non-travelling reserves: Kate Burley, Aliyah Dunn, Tayla Earle, Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Elisapeta Toeava. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis is an exciting team who showed what it is capable of last year. There is resilience, grit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[242294,1320,51038,2223,2947,2842,10541,2082,6489,33611,209,10136,111,139,16759,69,7457,213,1557,16763],"class_list":["post-482337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-12strong","tag-coach","tag-commonwealth","tag-confirmed","tag-dame","tag-experienced","tag-ferns","tag-for","tag-games","tag-glasgow","tag-group","tag-named","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-noeline","tag-nz","tag-silver","tag-sports","tag-squad","tag-taurua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482337","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=482337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}