Tamsin Greenway provides his perspective on what the British Vitality Roses will take from their New Zealand Test and where their focus needs to shift to a future series.

First things first, I think it was a very positive series for England and very important to keep going.

I know that the players and the team have to go through a lot for that to happen. They’ve all handled that side amazingly and it’s really worth it when we see the performances they’ve put out there.

Without the eight players who play in the Suncorp Super Netball, there is a feeling that the world champions will really take him to England and it will be a very challenging tour in terms of performance.

As a result of that perception, I think many people were quite surprised by the steps of the English players who took to the courts. It was a wonderful statement for them to go out there fearlessly and use that thought as motivation to show everyone what they were made of.

That fearless attitude appeared in all three matches. The inexperienced young English players have shown they can go to the next level, and audiences in the Southern Hemisphere will surely remember some English names by now.

England’s confidence was boosted by their shooters and their high goal percentage at Tes, but that was led by excellent defensive work across the pitch. The Roses defense rocked the Silver Ferns and that meant they couldn’t play with the freedom and creativity they normally do.

I know that prior to the tour, UK head coach Jess Thirlby talked about it as a show and development tour. These are two goals that I think are quite difficult to achieve at the same time because you try to win games but also try to get the people on the pitch.

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Personally, I think England are close to striking a balance between chasing the win and giving the players exposure, there are only a few key changes that could have been made differently.

I was thinking about the second Test when the momentum was clear with England. I want to see how long the players on the pitch can stay and what they can achieve as a result of that.

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Look back at the highlights of the second test between New Zealand and Britain in Hamilton

However, if exposure is key then I hope the England management team gets the answers they want. If they do, that means they can move forward and start building the squad clearly, instead of throwing the net too wide and not investing entirely in key positions and players.

Of course, you want to have a lot of talent and make sure you have players coming in, but you can’t take the six players who all play C / WD to the World Cup. At some point, you have to decide who two or three players are your focus on, and you have to give them the opportunity out there to learn, perform and build connections, because every game between now and the Commonwealth Games is very important.

Sophie Drakeford-Lewis took the opportunity with both hands in New Zealand

I think the UK have found their answer for the next GA at Sophie Drakeford-Lewis. What’s interesting is he has so much to learn, but he’s still brilliant in New Zealand and making a real impact. Sophie made her name known and I think she will only continue to improve.

With so much potential, and adding it to a long list of other UK GAs – Helen Housby, Jo Harten, Eleanor Cardwell and Nat Haythornthwaite – does the UK really need to keep trying more combinations here? Or can they focus on it and start looking at the next crop below it in support, like Kira Rothwell for example.

It’s the same as some of the other positions – take the midfield battle between Amy Carter and Gabby Marshall.

I understand the need to bring in players, but if you already have Serena Guthrie, Jade Clarke in the squad … then Beth Cobden will be back and Laura Malcolm who can play WD / C, as well as Jodie Gibson, Layla Guscoth and Vicki Oyesola all covered, the decision hard to make about who you want to build your next squad for.

If Australia can leave Kate Eddy and Amy Parmenter, and New Zealand can leave the Toeava Map, then I think Britain must also be ruthless at some point, otherwise no one gets the amount of time and input they need.

Razia Quashie continued to press Silver Ferns in attacks

Moving on to another key invention for England, Razia Quashie looks very comfortable on the international stage, and she does it against a very tough opponent.

Geva Mentor has been the world leader for so long in GK’s position and the truth is (sadly) he won’t be playing forever. That means Britain needs to start figuring out who their next GK is and what I love about Raz in New Zealand is that she gets better and better with each Test.

In the third game, he took the lead for interception and he kept England in that game for a long time. Raz really started thinking about what the units in front of him were doing and what balls he could enter and win. He really stood out from the tour and that’s something England should really love.

Silver Ferns didn’t have everything in their own way during the series

As for Silver Ferns, it is a very interesting series for them. I think it’s fair to say that everyone expected them to be better, or at least more consistent than before, yet they still got clean results.

They also managed to get all their players out on the field and improved from the first game to the last. You can see they try a lot of things, it’s not perfect at all, but they are brave enough to change the starting lineups and the tactical play, which all depends on Dame Noeline Taurua and her wits.

I think it’s important that we all remember that New Zealand has lost many key players, also in key positions. With new faces in the position, it will take time for them to reach the level and tactical play they had at the World Cup.

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New Zealand is no different from any other team in the world – they still bring players in and have them learn on the job. They won all three Tests, but they were clearly unhappy with the way they played. This group will only get better.

So how is the UK moving forward now? I think they have a great opportunity in New Zealand, and now is the time to start strengthening and strengthening some of the combinations that have worked.

The coaches should have seen enough of the Vitality Nations Cup in January, from their own camp and from this series to start to break down and focus on the specific players who will step up, compete and mix with those who will return to the competition. troops.

I hope that the next time Vitality Roses has an international Test series, there is a bit of consistency on the pitch in terms of combinations. I also hope that the focus shifts from performance and development, to purely performance, because this next group to come is very interesting and has shown us all how much potential they have.