Yvette McCausland-Durie: Netball New Zealand Head Coach discusses constellation cup chances

The Silver Ferns face Australia tonight in game four of the Constellation Cup. 

The series currently sits at 2-1 to Australia, but a win from the Ferns tonight could force an extra game to decide the series. 

Silver Ferns Head Coach Yvette McCausland-Durie told Mike Hosking that, 'it's gonna be hard work, but really confident, based on the way they played the other night, they've got the potential there.'

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
That Bill talk. Constellation Cup's got exciting game for tonight.
Series at two to one. If we went again tonight,
we've got to play off. So I don't think we've
ever done this before. I may be completely wrong, of course,
evit McCausland jury is the current Silver Fends head coaching
is with us a bit good morning more than that.
So this too all things, So let's as human be positive.

(00:20):
It's two all and then you go again. Is this new?

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yes? So it started last year. Is because there've been
a number of times that this particular series, the Constellation
Cup had come down to a two wall, and previous
to that it used to go on points for and against,
but for the last two years it's gone on this
series decider. So yeah, it's pretty a pretty grueling system,

(00:46):
a good opportunity.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Why don't you just play best of five instead of
potentially living it at two all?

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Yeah, that is another option, and I think they did
discuss that between Netball and Australian and Netball New Zealand
and one of the factors the cost to run another
another game and which country would have it, who would
have the three? But I guess you could just alternate
year on year off who had the three and who
had the two.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Well, we've got to we've got to get to all first.
How confident going in that you're going to make it
to all?

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Got to be confident, man, it's going to be hard work,
but really confident based on the fact that they know
the way they've played the other night, they've got the
potential there. Certainly for us that's you know, to replicate
that's not easy, but certainly is a possibility. So you've
got to win first to then create the two two
two and then go into the series deciders. It's like
getting the fifth game.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Really, Yeah, I'm interested that none of the games. Once again,
correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I'm right.
So none of the games have been close, and normally
netball can be closed. What's happening here, do you think?

Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, But in each of the games, we've obviously had
a quarter each where it's been blown out. So it's
been recentably close across three quarters, but one quarter has
been significantly different. And that again applied on Sunday night
when we beat Australia. We had one quarter that was
a big blowout. But yeah, look, sometimes it just gets away.

(02:07):
One of the things is we share the center pass.
You know, right now it should be a draw as
you just scored your own ball, but you just get one,
one or two eras and that becomes four for the opposition.
It can blow really quickly, so unless you're staying in
touch so getting turnover ball, it can blow quick.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, exactly. So you get to two all you win
the playoff. As far as the thing goes coming back
from two nil down, that's got to be right up there,
doesn't it.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
It's right up there, certainly, right up there. So that's
our big focus is as much as we're thinking about
the fuel today, the ability you know, in the last
two days to recover quickly and be physically ready for
potential overtime because the first tonight's match could even go
to overtime in that game itself, and then if you're

(02:53):
win and that over time, you've still got to go
to the series deciders that are two separate overtimes.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
And so well, that's where the fitness comes in. It's
where all the preseason training, the stamina, the determination, the metal,
the top two percent comes in a.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Bit, totally, totally, the top two percent will be a
big part of it. Everybody's physically capable, everybody's got a
great skill set across both teams, and so it will
come down to a fair amount of will and in
shared desire.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Fantastic. Well, we wish you all the very best with it.
A vit McCasland Drury who's doing the business. She's the
hero of this whole story of course, because of course
when they happened, then they needed a coach and she
was the one who stepped in and saved them because
they didn't have a coach that couldn't participate in the
Constellation Cup, and I am led to believe that getting

(03:40):
a coach might have been an issue for a period
of time there So she turns out to be the
hero of the story and good luck to hear Mark Mitchell,
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