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Netball: Ferns make fast start
The Ferns are on track to retain their Fast5 crown today but the tournament has already been a personal triumph for Grace Rasmussen.

Tears as Ferns star robbed of swansong
There will be no fairytale ending to the storied career of Irene van Dyk after injury cruelly denied the legendary shooter her international swansong.

Netball: World Cup hard yards need to start now
As a team, the Silver Ferns have battled all season. If they are going to avoid similar pain in 2015, the onus rests with individuals.

Netball: Ferns' shooters frustrate coach
If the 4-0 series loss to Australia did not make it apparent enough, England tonight reminded the Silver Ferns of the task they have ahead of them before next year's World Cup.

Netball: Rasmussen ready for starting shot
The Silver Ferns' run-on side for tonight's opening test against England is expected to reflect a reshuffling of the deck in the attack end.

Netball: Grammar girls make it three in a row
For the third time in a row, Mt Albert Grammar School are the national schools netball champions.

Netball: England tour will help blood NZA team
The first building blocks of Netball NZ's new player development strategy will be put in place during England's tour to New Zealand this month.

Netball: Silver Linings Playbook
There wouldn't have been a lot of cheer in the room when Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu and her management team met yesterday to review their Constellation Cup series.

Netball: Series clean sweep for Diamonds
After a horror series, the Silver Ferns were on the verge of pulling off the unthinkable in last night’s final Constellation Cup clash in Auckland.

Scotty Stevenson: Misogyny? There's a test to prep for
Shall we talk about misogyny and its starring role in the test match build up this week? Nah, best not. Best we just avoid the subject altogether.

Netball: Ferns hope to regain prestige
The Silver Ferns have one last chance to try to restore some modicum of pride in tonight's final Constellation Cup test after a disastrous series for the New Zealand side.

Netball: Cullen feels Ferns skipper's pain
Kayla Cullen would rather she wasn't in the Silver Ferns camp right now.

Netball: Kopua out for six months
Silver Ferns skipper Casey Kopua will undergo surgery on her injured knee tomorrow, ruling her out of netball for at least six months.

Dana Johannsen: Leader's exit big blow for Ferns
Dana Johannsen writes: As a distraught Casey Kopua was carried from court with a severe knee injury, her shocked teammates watched on, visibly shaken.

Netball: Kopua faces surgery after injury
Silver Ferns skipper Casey Kopua is facing up to six months on the sideline with a serious knee injury in a major, though not necessarily terminal, blow to her World Cup hopes.

Netball: Four things needed from Ferns ahead of World Cup
The Silver Ferns have significant ground to make up on Australia in the next 10 months before the World Cup in Sydney. Dana Johannsen looks at four things that need to happen before August 2015.

Kopua hit by sickening injury
It could scarcely get any worse for the Silver Ferns. They lost tonight’s third test against Australia, the Constellation Cup, and worse still, their inspirational captain Casey Kopua.