2015 Constellation Cup

International netball series April 2022 Constellation Cup 2015 Australia New Zealand 20–30 October 2015 Australia 5 New Zealand Caitlin Bassett139 149 4 2014 2016 The 2015 Constellation Cup was the 6th Constellation Cup series played between Australia and New Zealand. The series, also known as the New World Netball Series, featured four netball test matches, played in October 2015. The Australia team was coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Laura Geitz. New Zealand were coached by Waimarama Taumaunu and captained by Casey Kopua. Australia won the first two tests and led 2–0 going into the third test. However, New Zealand won the third and fourth tests to level the series at 2–2. Australia were declared the winners because, having scored 202 goals compared to New Zealand's 200, they had a better aggregate score over the series.https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/latest-news/silver-ferns-team-named-for-constellation-cup.html Silver Ferns team named for Constellation Cup www.silverferns.co.nz 7 October 2015 16 March 2022https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-13/australia-diamonds-netball-constellation-cup-new-zealand/6849326 Australia's Diamonds name netball team for Constellation Cup series against New Zealand www.abc.net.au 12 October 2015 16 March 2022https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/31/australian-diamonds-fall-to-silver-ferns-but-still-celebrate-successful-2015 Australian Diamonds fall to Silver Ferns but still celebrate successful 2015 www.theguardian.com 31 October 2015 16 March 2022https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-30/silver-ferns-thump-diamonds-but-australia-wins-constellation-cup/6901336 Silver Ferns thump Diamonds but Australia wins Constellation Cup www.abc.net.au 30 October 2015 9 July 2021https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/netball/netball-ferns-fire-bag-big-win-over-aussies Netball: Ferns fire to bag big win over Aussies www.odt.co.nz 31 October 2015 9 July 2021https://vis.org.au/news/2015/11/australia-retains-constellation-cup Australia retains Constellation Cup vis.org.au 31 October 2015 16 March 2022http://www.smh.com.au/sport/netball/constellation-cup-silver-ferns-win-final-match-but-diamonds-retain-trophy-20151030-gknh61.html Constellation Cup: Silver Ferns win final match but Diamonds retain trophy www.smh.com.au https://archive.today/20171003060413/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/netball/constellation-cup-silver-ferns-win-final-match-but-diamonds-retain-trophy-20151030-gknh61.html 3 October 2017 31 October 2015 15 March 2022 Squads Australia Australia #208c6a #ffd700 #ffd700 #208c6a Caitlin Bassett GS yes 2015 10 20 1988 05 23 1.96 West Coast Fever Erin Bell GA, WA, GS yes 2015 10 20 1985 10 26 1.78 Adelaide Thunderbirds Ashleigh Brazill C, WD yes 2015 10 20 1989 12 29 1.75 West Coast Fever Laura Geitz GK, GD yes 2015 10 20 1987 11 04 1.85 Queensland Firebirds yes Paige Hadley C, WA, WD yes 2015 10 20 1992 08 26 1.73 New South Wales Swifts Renae Ingles WD, C yes 2015 10 20 1986 07 18 1.78 Adelaide Thunderbirds yes yes Sharni Layton GK, GD, WD yes 2015 10 20 1988 01 06 1.88 New South Wales Swifts April Letton GK, GD yes 2015 10 20 1990 04 19 1.85 West Coast Fever Clare McMeniman GD, WD yes 2015 10 20 1985 07 11 1.84 Queensland Firebirds Natalie Medhurst GA, GS yes 2015 10 20 1984 01 20 1.78 West Coast Fever Kim Ravaillion C, WD, WA yes 2015 10 20 1993 07 26 1.75 Queensland Firebirds Gabi Simpson WD, GD, C yes 2015 10 20 1992 10 17 1.76 Queensland Firebirds Caitlin Thwaites GS, GA yes 2015 10 20 1986 12 29 1.88 New South Wales Swifts Gretel Tippett GA, GS yes 2015 10 20 1993 07 03 1.91 Queensland Firebirds Jo Weston GD, WD, GK yes 2015 10 20 1994 02 14 1.88 Melbourne Vixens Lisa Alexander yes Debuts Gabi Simpson made her senior debut for Australia in the first test on 20 October 2015.https://womensportreport.com/australia-diamonds---gabi-simpson/wn/19400 Australia Diamonds - Gabi Simpson womensportreport.com 21 October 2015 16 March 2021https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/new-zealand-australia-diamonds-constellation-cup-netball/6870752 Australian Diamonds beat New Zealand 50-44 in Constellation Cup opener in Christchurch www.abc.net.au 20 October 2015 16 March 2022https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/netball/constellation-cup-diamonds-suffer-blow-as-renae-ingles-is-ruled-out-with-injury/news-story/4424776370e7f3f1fd8c2ef023afb4cc Constellation Cup: Diamonds suffer blow as Renae Ingles is ruled out with injury www.heraldsun.com.au 21 October 2015 16 March 2021 Gretel Tippett made her senior debut for Australia in the second test on 22 October 2015.https://diamonds.netball.com.au/player/gretel-bueta Gretel Bueta diamonds.netball.com.au 20 March 2022https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/22/diamonds-beat-silver-ferns-to-take-2-0-lead-in-constellation-cup Diamonds beat Silver Ferns to take 2-0 lead in Constellation Cup www.theguardian.com 22 October 2015 19 March 2022https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/netball/constellation-cup-diamonds-take-20-series-lead-after-downing-new-zealand-in-auckland/news-story/bfed1ddc383f0fa3d272f7a403b66a00 Constellation Cup: Diamonds take 2-0 series lead after downing New Zealand in Auckland www.dailytelegraph.com.au 22 October 2015 19 March 2022 On 25 October 2015, Ashleigh Brazill and Jo Weston both made their senior debuts for Australia in the third test.https://diamonds.netball.com.au/player/jo-weston Jo Weston diamonds.netball.com.au 20 March 2022https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/25/constellation-cup-silver-ferns-diamonds-hisense-arena Constellation Cup: Silver Ferns shock depleted Diamonds at Hisense Arena www.theguardian.com 25 October 2015 15 March 2022https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-25/australia-diamonds-new-zealand-constellation-cup-netball/6883258 New Zealand beats Australian Diamonds 50-47 to keep Constellation Cup netball series alive www.abc.net.au 25 October 2015 20 March 2022https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/netball/diamonds-10game-constellation-cup-winning-streak-against-silver-ferns-comes-to-an-end-in-5047-defeat/news-story/244ae14d5d2c098b65d8bb6cdea4448d Diamonds 10-game Constellation Cup winning streak against Silver Ferns comes to an end in 50-47 defeat www.heraldsun.com.au 25 October 2015 20 March 2022https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/west-coast-fever/ash-brazill-of-west-coast-fever-set-to-make-australian-diamonds-debut-against-new-zealand-ng-e261a293b0919b8b86286632f750647f Ash Brazill of West Coast Fever set to make Australian Diamonds debut against New Zealand www.perthnow.com.au 3 September 2015 Milestones On 22 October 2015, during the second test, for the first time in the history of the Australia national netball team, five Queensland Firebirds players were on the court at the same time. The five were Laura Geitz, Clare McMeniman, Gretel Tippett, Kim Ravaillion and Gabi Simpson. On 30 October 2015, during the fourth test, Caitlin Bassett scored her 1500th international goal in the opening quarter.https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/288442/big-win-for-ferns-but-not-enough Big win for Ferns but not enough www.rnz.co.nz 31 October 2015 20 March 2022 Sources:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-03/diamonds-name-four-new-faces-in-constellation-cup-squad/6746528 Australian Diamonds name Joanna Weston, Ashleigh Brazill in Constellation Cup squad www.abc.net.au 3 September 2015 20 March 2022 New Zealand New Zealand white black white black Jodi Brown GA, GS yes 2015 10 20 1981 05 06 1.85 Central Pulse Leana de Bruin GD, GK yes 2015 10 20 1977 07 09 1.90 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Kayla Cullen GD, WD, C yes 2015 10 20 1992 02 13 1.83 Northern Mystics Shannon Francois WA, C, GA yes 2015 10 20 1990 10 12 1.76 Southern Steel Katrina Grant GK, GD, WD yes 2015 10 20 1987 05 06 1.87 Central Pulse Phoenix Karaka GK, GD yes 2015 10 20 1993 11 06 1.86 Southern Steel Casey Kopua GD, GK yes 2015 10 20 1985 06 19 1.88 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic yes Laura Langman C, WD yes 2015 10 20 1986 04 16 1.73 Northern Mystics yes Bailey Mes GS, GA yes 2015 10 20 1989 05 27 1.87 Mainland Tactix Malia Paseka GS, GA yes 2015 10 20 1994 09 23 1.83 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Grace Rasmussen GA, WA yes 2015 10 20 1988 03 18 1.77 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Ameliaranne Wells GS, GA yes 2015 10 20 1991 01 11 1.86 Central Pulse Waimarama Taumaunu yes Milestones On 25 October 2015, Casey Kopua made her 100th test appearance during the third test.https://www.netballnz.co.nz/news/detail/silver-ferns-mark-kopuas-milestone-with-thrilling-comeback-win Silver Ferns mark Kopua's milestone with thrilling comeback win www.netballnz.co.nz 25 October 2015 20 March 2022 Sources:https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/07/cathrine-latu-left-out-by-silver-ferns-for-netball-series-against-Australia Cathrine Latu left out by Silver Ferns for netball series against Australia www.theguardian.com https://web.archive.org/web/20151124152058/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/07/cathrine-latu-left-out-by-silver-ferns-for-netball-series-against-Australia 24 November 2015 7 October 2015 22 March 2022https://silverferns.co.nz/images/silver-ferns/documents/NZ%20Netball%20Annual%20Report_v15_REVISED%20WEB_FINAL.pdf Netball New Zealand – Ninety-first Annual Report 2015 silverferns.co.nz 24 May 2022 Matches New World Netball Series First test #EEEEEE 20 October 2015 https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=9644&matchid=96440101 New Zealand 44 Australia 50 13–14 22–26 34–40 44–50 Bailey Mes 24 28Jodi Brown 20 25 Caitlin Bassett 38 44Natalie Medhurst 12 14 Horncastle Arena Sources:https://www.netballnz.co.nz/news/detail/silver-ferns-lose-constellation-cup-opener Silver Ferns lose Constellation Cup opener www.netballnz.co.nz 20 October 2015 16 March 2022https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/20/diamonds-clinical-in-opening-constellation-cup-win-over-silver-ferns Diamonds clinical in opening Constellation Cup win over Silver Ferns www.theguardian.com 20 October 2015 19 March 2022https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/73240814/silver-ferns-goal-shoot-bailey-mes-aiming-to-build-on-promising-start Silver Ferns goal shoot Bailey Mes aiming to build on promising start stuff.co.nz 21 October 2015 16 March 2022 Second test #EEEEEE 22 October 2015 https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=9644&matchid=96440102 New Zealand 48 Australia 58 13–14 27–27 40–43 48–58 Bailey Mes 30 32Jodi Brown 16 22Ameliaranne Wells 2 2 Caitlin Bassett 39 41Natalie Medhurst 19 20 Vector Arena Sources:https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/73274097/silver-ferns-fade-to-lose-again-to-australia Silver Ferns fade to lose again to Australia stuff.co.nz 22 October 2015 19 March 2022https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/287757/silver-ferns-suffer-second-defeat-to-australia Silver Ferns suffer second defeat to Australia www.rnz.co.nz 23 October 2015 19 March 2022 Third test #EEEEEE 25 October 2015 https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=9644&matchid=96440103 Australia 47 New Zealand 50 15–9 28–21 36–36 47–50 Caitlin Bassett 24 24Natalie Medhurst 10 14Erin Bell 8 9Caitlin Thwaites 5 6 Bailey Mes 29 39Jodi Brown 17 23Malia Paseka 4 6 Hisense Arena Sources:https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/287960/silver-ferns-fight-back Silver Ferns fight back www.rnz.co.nz 26 October 2015 20 March 2022 Fourth test #EEEEEE 30 October 2015 https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=9644&matchid=96440104 Australia 47 New Zealand 58 12–13 27–27 36–45 47–58 Caitlin Bassett 38 40Natalie Medhurst 7 11Erin Bell 2 3 Bailey Mes 24 32Jodi Brown 34 41 Perth Arena 12,365 Sources: References 3 2015 Category:2015 in New Zealand netball Category:2015 in Australian netball Category:October 2015 sports events in New Zealand Category:October 2015 sports events in Australia