The Aussies will be looking for another big win over the Proteas in game two of the South Africa series on Sunday.
The Diamonds came up 19-goal victors off the back of a brilliant start in game one on Wednesday, with debutant Matilda Garrett impressing in defence.
For the Proteas, master coach Norma Plummer wasn’t disappointed with what she saw from her side given their limited match play in the lead up.
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STARTING SEVEN
Australia: GS Koenen, GA Dwyer, WA Watson, C Price, WD Parmenter, GD Bruce, GK Klau
South Africa: GS Venter, GA Maseko, WA Chawane, C Msomi, WD Strydom, GD Pretorius, GK Maweni
“Since World Cup we haven’t seen each other … We’ve had very minimal (training), and no match play until that game (one),” she said.
“There’s a lot of resilience there.”
Fox Netball’s Kim Green agreed the lack of time together had hurt the Proteas’ chances.
“The lack of time she’s had with the players is always going against them,” she said.
“A three-week local competition and then no time before going into Test matches, it’s really tough to be able to build.”
This match gets underway at 4pm AEDT from MyState Bank Arena, Tasmania.
Watch it live on Fox Sports channel 503 from 3.30pm AEDT.
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