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2021 Constellation Cup - Wikipedia

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2021 Constellation Cup
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	2 March–7 March 2021
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Top scorer(s)	Maia Wilson 140/161 (87%)^[1]
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The 2021 Constellation Cup, also known as the Cadbury Netball Series, was the 11th Constellation Cup series between New Zealand and Australia. The series featured four netball test matches, played in March 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, all four matches were hosted at the Christchurch Arena and only the final match was played with spectators in attendance.^[2]^[3]^[4] The series was won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia by three games to one, winning the Constellation Cup for the second time and for the first time since 2012.^[1]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Squads

Australia

Australia roster

Players

Coaches

Name	Pos	DOB	Height	Club	Caps
Jessica Anstiss	WD, C	(1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 24)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	West Coast Fever	0
Kiera Austin	GA, WA, GS	(1997-08-26)26 August 1997 (aged 23)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Giants Netball	4
Caitlin Bassett¹ (c)	GS	(1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 32)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	102
Courtney Bruce	GK, GD	(1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 27)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	West Coast Fever	40
Verity Charles	WA, C	(1991-05-19)19 May 1991 (aged 29)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	West Coast Fever	3
Tippah Dwan	GA, GS	(1999-10-30)30 October 1999 (aged 21)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Queensland Firebirds	0
Sophie Garbin	GS, GA	(1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 23)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	New South Wales Swifts	1
Paige Hadley²	C, WA, WD	(1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 28)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	New South Wales Swifts	28
Kim Jenner	GD, GK	(1998-02-27)27 February 1998 (aged 23)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Queensland Firebirds	0
Sarah Klau	GK, GD	(1994-09-30)30 September 1994 (aged 26)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	New South Wales Swifts	13
Cara Koenen	GS, GA	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 25)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Sunshine Coast Lightning	4
Jamie-Lee Price	WD, C	(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 25)	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Giants Netball	16
Maddy Proud²	WA, C	(1993-12-04)4 December 1993 (aged 27)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	New South Wales Swifts	0
Kate Moloney	C, WD	(1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 28)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Melbourne Vixens	10
Gabi Simpson	WD, C, GD	(1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 28)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Queensland Firebirds	41
Liz Watson¹ (c)	WA, C	(1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 26)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Melbourne Vixens	48
Joanna Weston	GD, WD, GK	(1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 27)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Melbourne Vixens	42

Head coach

Stacey Marinkovich

Assistant coach

Michelle Den Dekker
Sharelle McMahon

Notes

(c) – Captain
(cc) – Co-captain
(vc) – Vice-captain
– Injury / maternity leave
(TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^[12]^[13]^[14]

Notes

^1 Caitlin Bassett captained Australia for the first test on 2 March. Liz Watson captained Australia for the last three. ^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
^2 Maddy Proud and Paige Hadley were included in squad but did not play any in any of the tests. ^[19]

New Zealand

New Zealand roster

Players

Coaches

Name	Pos	DOB	Height	Club	Caps
Karin Burger	WD, GD, GK	(1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 27)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Mainland Tactix	26
Gina Crampton	WA, C	(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 29)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Northern Stars	47
Ameliaranne Ekenasio (c)	GA, GS	(1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 30)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Central Pulse	47
Monica Falkner	GA, GS	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 29)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Northern Stars	3
Sulu Fitzpatrick	GK, GD, WD	(1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 28)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Northern Mystics	10
Maddy Gordon	C, WA, WD	(2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 21)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Central Pulse	1
Claire Kersten	WD, C	(1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 31)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Central Pulse	15
Bailey Mes	GS, GA, WA	(1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 31)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Northern Mystics	72
Kimiora Poi	C, WA	(1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 23)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Mainland Tactix	7
Shannon Saunders	C, WA	(1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 30)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Southern Steel	81
Whitney Souness	WA, C	(1991-10-12)12 October 1991 (aged 29)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Central Pulse	14
Jane Watson	GK, GD	(1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 30)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Mainland Tactix	52
Maia Wilson	GS, GA	(1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 23)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Northern Stars	21
Samantha Winders	WD, C, WA	(1995-06-05)5 June 1995 (aged 25)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	41

Head coach

Noeline Taurua

Assistant coach

Yvonne Willering
Jane Woodlands-Thompson

Manager: Esther Molloy

Notes

(c) – Captain
(cc) – Co-captain
(vc) – Vice-captain
– Injury / maternity leave
(TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Source:^[14]^[20]

Match officials

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia and New Zealand umpires took charge of the series. In 2020, the International Netball Federation introduced an interim policy to allow umpires to be appointed to games involving their own country, if it was too impractical to get umpires in from overseas.^[21]

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Joshua Bowring	Australia
Gareth Fowler	New Zealand
Kristie Simpson	New Zealand

Umpire Appointments Panel

Umpire	Association
David Pala'amo	New Zealand
Fay Meiklejohn	New Zealand

Sources:^[21]^[22]

Matches

First test

2 March 2021 7:30 pm	Stats	New Zealand	49–44	Australia	Christchurch Arena	Sky Sport Nine
		Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 28–21, 40–31, 49–44
		Maia Wilson 31/40 (78%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 18/23 (78%)		Caitlin Bassett 19/21 (90%) Kiera Austin 18/24 (75%) Cara Koenen 7/7 (100%)

Sources:^[15]^[23]

Second test

3 March 2021 7:30 pm	Stats	New Zealand	36–45	Australia	Christchurch Arena	Sky Sport Nine
		Scoring by quarter: 6–15, 16–30, 28–38, 36–45
		Maia Wilson 32/38 (84%) Bailey Mes 3/5 (60%) Monica Falkner 1/2 (50%)		Cara Koenen 29/34 (85%) Kiera Austin 13/24 (54%) Sophie Garbin 3/6 (50%)

Sources:^[18]^[24]

Third test

6 March 2021 4:00 pm	Stats	New Zealand	55–49	Australia	Christchurch Arena	Sky Sport Nine
		Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 24–29, 38–40, 55–49
		Maia Wilson 41/43 (95%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 14/17 (82%)		Cara Koenen 25/29 (86%) Kiera Austin 18/27 (67%) Caitlin Bassett 6/7 (86%)

Sources:^[25]^[26]^[27]

Fourth test

7 March 2021 4:00 pm	Stats	New Zealand	45–43	Australia	Christchurch Arena Attendance: 2,500 ^[6]	Sky Sport Nine
		Scoring by quarter: 6–12, 17–22, 30–31, 45–43
		Maia Wilson 36/40 (90%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 9/12 (75%)		Kiera Austin 28/35 (80%) Cara Koenen 15/19 (79%)

Sources:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

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^ "Christchurch to host entire Constellation Cup Series". diamonds.netball.com.au. 1 March 2021.
^ "Crowd to be allowed for final Constellation Cup Test in Christchurch". silverferns.co.nz. 5 March 2021.
^ Brendon Egan (7 March 2021). "Constellation Cup: The Silver Ferns go from tears to trophies within three years". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Constellation Cup: Silver Ferns snap nine-year Constellation Cup drought". www.stuff.co.nz. 7 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Aussies' decade-long stranglehold breaks as Diamonds cough up Constellation Cup". www.foxsports.com.au. 7 March 2021.
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^ ^a ^b "New Zealand wins Constellation Cup, defeating Australia 45-43 in fourth Test in Christchurch". www.abc.net.au. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Diamonds' nine-year Constellation Cup stranglehold on Silver Ferns finally cracks". wwos.nine.com.au. 7 March 2021.
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^ ^a ^b "New Zealand 49–44 Australia". mc.championdata.com. 2 March 2021.
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^ "Australia needs better communication over its netball captaincy, says former Diamond Sharni Norder". www.abc.net.au. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "'Getting used to losing': Netball great fires up after eight-year low". www.foxsports.com.au. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Diamonds bounce back to level the series". diamonds.netball.com.au. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Aussie netball stars complete two weeks of quarantine for absolutely nothing". www.news.com.au. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Silver Ferns team named to take on Australian Diamonds". silverferns.co.nz. 24 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Dame Noeline happy with non-neutral umpires for Con Cup". www.rnz.co.nz. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "Cadbury Netball Series Constellation Cup Umpire Appointments". World Netball. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "Silver Ferns win opening match of Constellation Cup". silverferns.co.nz. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Diamonds bounce back to level Constellation Cup series". silverferns.co.nz. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Silver Ferns power home to take 2-1 lead in Constellation Cup". silverferns.co.nz. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "New Zealand beats Australia 55-49 in Christchurch to take a 2-1 lead in the Constellation Cup series". www.abc.net.au. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Diamonds shocked as New Zealand claim third Constellation Cup Test". www.theguardian.com. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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