2018 Constellation Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Australia New Zealand |
Dates | 7–18 October 2018 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (8th title) |
Runner-up | New Zealand |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Top scorer(s) | Maria Folau 125/142 (88%) |
The 2018 Constellation Cup was the 9th Constellation Cup series played between Australia and New Zealand. The series featured four netball test matches, played in October 2018.[1][2][3][4] The Australia team was coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Caitlin Bassett. New Zealand were coached by Noeline Taurua and captained by Laura Langman.[5][6][7] Australia won the series 3–1.[8][9][10][11][12]
Squads
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New Zealand
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- Debuts
- Erikana Pedersen made her senior debut for New Zealand in the third test on 14 October 2018.[15][16]
Matches
[edit]First test
[edit]7 October 2018 13.00 AEDST |
Stats |
Australia | 57–42 | New Zealand | Brisbane Entertainment Centre Attendance: 7,425 |
Nine | |
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 24–16, 44–27, 57–42 | |||||||
Caitlin Thwaites 21/21 (100%) Caitlin Bassett 17/21 (81%) Gretel Tippett 12/12 (100%) Stephanie Wood 7/11 (64%) |
Maria Folau 26/29 (90%) Maia Wilson 7/10 (70%) Aliyah Dunn 5/6 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 4/6 (67%) |
Second test
[edit]10 October 2018 19.30 AEDST |
Stats |
Australia | 56–47 | New Zealand | Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Attendance: 4,374 |
9Gem | |
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 29–24, 41–37, 56–47 | |||||||
Caitlin Bassett 37/38 (97%) Gretel Tippett 12/12 (100%) Stephanie Wood 7/9 (78%) |
Maria Folau 32/38 (84%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 15/20 (75%) |
Third test
[edit]14 October 2018 | Stats |
New Zealand | 55–44 | Australia | Claudelands Arena | Nine | |
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 26–30, 41–36, 55–44 | |||||||
Maria Folau 40/41 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 15/22 (68%) |
Caitlin Bassett 20/23 (87%) Gretel Tippett 16/17 (94%) Caitlin Thwaites 5/7 (71%) Stephanie Wood 3/6 (50%) |
Fourth test
[edit]18 October 2018 | Stats |
New Zealand | 47–58 | Australia | TSB Arena | 9Gem | |
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 24–32, 33–46, 47–58 | |||||||
Maria Folau 27/34 (79%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 13/19 (68%) Maia Wilson 4/8 (50%) Aliyah Dunn 3/4 (75%) |
Caitlin Bassett 37/43 (86%) Gretel Tippett 21/25 (84%) |
Sources:[2][9][10][11][12][14]
References
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