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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine

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Speaker 1: from newstalk ZEDB Busy.

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Speaker 2: A few weeks coming up for the Silver Ferns.

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Speaker 3: New Zealand on the edge of the circle. This to

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Speaker 3: draw it level twenty seconds on the.

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Speaker 4: Club, the.

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Speaker 3: Phenomenal, the moment that's going to take England into a

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Speaker 3: rematch of the Netbal World Cup Final tomorrow against Australia.

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Speaker 3: Eveland beat New Zealand by fifty eight gold to fifty seven.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was the Nation's Cup earlier in the year,

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Speaker 2: the Silver Ferns against England. They'll resume hostilities in the

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Speaker 2: three game Tiny Jamison Trophy series tonight at Trust's Arena,

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Speaker 2: Game two and Potty to Our Wednesday night, and Game

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Speaker 2: three in in the Cargo next Sunday. The Silver Ferns

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Speaker 2: then have a two week turnaround before beginning the four

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Speaker 2: test series against the Australian Diamonds for the Constellation Cup.

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Speaker 2: Match one of that series is on the twentieth of

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Speaker 2: October in Wellington. Let's bring in Silver Ferns defender Kelly Jackson.

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Speaker 2: Kelly or her Dame Noline Todua during the week say

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Speaker 2: that last week was the best camp that she's ever

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Speaker 2: overseen as head coach of the Silver Ferns. So how's

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Speaker 2: the build up been from the player's point of view.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll always get to hear that sort of feedback

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Speaker 4: coming from no Leaf, So you we're really pressed and

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Speaker 4: Patty was now build up so far. We had a

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Speaker 4: week in Apo last week and came to here there

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Speaker 4: a few days ago here up in Auckland, so you

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Speaker 4: were really feeling primed ready to go and just know

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Speaker 4: what we've got to do out there tonight.

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Speaker 2: So this is the first time the Ferns have been

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Speaker 2: together since the Nation's Cup in the UK back in January.

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Speaker 2: Have you managed to mesh together again fairly quickly?

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Speaker 4: You're what, the majority of us have all played together

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Speaker 4: a lot. There's a few movies obviously with the likes

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Speaker 4: of Paris and Clara Bryant and likely Maybes tonight, So

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Speaker 4: just really important to bring them to the fold so

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Speaker 4: they know what we're all about and our processes here.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, Janry does feel a little while away, but

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Speaker 4: we've played a lot of networks.

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Speaker 2: Then how do you go about integrating new players into

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Speaker 2: the Silver Ferns. What are the key parts of that?

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Speaker 4: Well, I guess you're kind of a treat it as

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Speaker 4: like everyone doesn't know anything and just to reteach it

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Speaker 4: all and start from zero. I guess that's a technical.

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Speaker 4: We've approached technics, have views to approach it this year,

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Speaker 4: and so far it's working. I think everyone's got real candy.

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Speaker 4: You know, we've had zones nearly every day about nutrition, psychology,

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Speaker 4: all those kinds of things that are really important and

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Speaker 4: contribute to the on kok performance.

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Speaker 2: One of you more experienced though appliers, though fellow defender

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Speaker 2: Foenix Kataka won't be playing. She's been ruled out after

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Speaker 2: failing to recover from illness. How much of a blow

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Speaker 2: is that to the team?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? Really gone to see and me personally have played

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Speaker 4: a lot of net work and the Fern's rest alongside Sea.

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Speaker 4: But you know it gives opportunity to opportunity to Edna

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Speaker 4: who's been called in and they'll be exciting to see

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Speaker 4: her out there tonight.

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Speaker 2: Last time we played England, it was just a solitary

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Speaker 2: goal that separated you a loss by that single goal

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Speaker 2: back in January. Do you feel us though this series

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Speaker 2: is going to be pretty given.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we have some great matches against England. In the

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Speaker 4: last two years, I've always come down to the wire

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Speaker 4: and our last matchup we've only lost, though one was

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Speaker 4: so close, and so we know that this series will

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Speaker 4: be another tough test, and that just come off of

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Speaker 4: the series games Bozzie, where they had some good games

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Speaker 4: over there, so they'll be ready and they've had that

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Speaker 4: time extra time to tell in terms of on court play.

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Speaker 2: As a defensive group, Kelly, how much of your own

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Speaker 2: prep is focused on some detailed analysis of how England

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Speaker 2: will operate in the shooting circle.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so we put in a few hours work of

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Speaker 4: analyze in the opposition and both as a defensive unit,

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Speaker 4: as a team and as individuals. That's always expected of

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Speaker 4: you to go away and do your homework, so you

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Speaker 4: go out there and there's no surprises.

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Speaker 2: So beyond the tiny Jameson Trophy, it's the Constellation Cup

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Speaker 2: series against Australia. You won both home matches in that

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Speaker 2: four game series last year after Australia won the first

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Speaker 2: two over there. Do you feel this that's going to

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Speaker 2: be a fairly competitive Constellation Cup series again this year too?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, and I think we're feeling really confident just after

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Speaker 4: the last couple of weeks in this environment, so hopefully

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Speaker 4: once we tick off this series, we'll fully focused on

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Speaker 4: Australia and the extra wind. You know, we've walked away

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Speaker 4: to all for the last two years, so we CoA

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Speaker 4: to get that first match under about.

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Speaker 2: And these will be the final few tests before Grace

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Speaker 2: Wiki heads to Australia to play her domestic netball next year.

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Speaker 2: That will make her ineligible for the Silver Ferns in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. It's probably a silly question, but how

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Speaker 2: big a loss is that going to be for you?

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Speaker 4: She's definitely a rock down that shooting end for us.

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Speaker 4: She's an incredible player and athlete and contrast so much

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Speaker 4: to this team. So we will be missing her, but

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Speaker 4: hopefully she'll come back stronger and whether a few more

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Speaker 4: tricks up Earthily when she returns from Australia.

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Speaker 2: You've obviously had the chance to defend her in domestic

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Speaker 2: netple What is she like to defend? Is she the

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Speaker 2: toughest opponent for you to defend domestically?

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Speaker 4: Yes, I've had a lot of that chuck with her

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Speaker 4: and it's always a battle and a challenge. I love

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Speaker 4: playing against Gigi justicaus as that factor but she's athletic.

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Speaker 4: She's not only four, but she can jump and she's strong,

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Speaker 4: which is so crucial, especially at international level. And you

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Speaker 4: know she's a great asset for New Zealand.

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Speaker 2: And just finally we're awaiting confirmation of Nepple's inclusion in

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Speaker 2: what will be a slimmed down Commonwealth Games in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty six in Glasgow. How important is it to you

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Speaker 2: and to the Silver Ferns that Nepple is included in

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Speaker 2: the Commonwealth Games moving forward?

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Speaker 4: That would be hugely important for the sports. We've only

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Speaker 4: got two Pinnacle events and that being the World Cup

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Speaker 4: and the Combat Game, so to lose one of those

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Speaker 4: with their huge blow and myself I've already been to

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Speaker 4: two Combat Games and it's such siny An experienced, the

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Speaker 4: network experience to go over with the whole New Zealand team.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, fingers crossed, we'll get on that list, all right.

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Speaker 2: Well, wait and see on that. Your immediate point of

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Speaker 2: business obviously the Tiny Jamison Trophy Game one tonight, Trust

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Speaker 2: around a seven thirty center pass. Kelly. Thanks for joining

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Speaker 2: us and giving us a bit of insight ahead of

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Speaker 2: game one in this series. Kelly Jackson, there from the

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Speaker 2: Silver Ferns. Yeah, Game one tonight in Auckland, Game two

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Speaker 2: and potty door Wednesday night, Game three in the Cargoo

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Speaker 2: next Sunday then Australia. Two tests are here and two

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Speaker 2: over there in the Constellation Cup series.

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