ANALYSIS: Classic trans-Tasman battle sees Aussie Diamonds clinch seventh Quad Series victory
The Diamonds beat their New Zealand rivals for the second time in three days to claim the trophy.abc.net.au/news/aussie-diamonds-win-seventh-quad-series/101894392Australia has won its seventh Quad Series title, defeating the New Zealand Silver Ferns by six goals, 56-50, in the final of the 2023 tournament held in Cape Town.
From the first whistle New Zealand showed their fight, turning ball straight back over to convert their opening centre pass after they'd lost possession when 193cm-tall target Grace Nweke stepped out of court. Before the end of the quarter, the kiwis had pushed their lead out to four thanks to a key deflection from Kate Heffernan, seeing them head into the first break full of confidence, 19-15.
Klau must have hit the deck at least three times in her commitment to marking the shooter throughout this period, but her repeated efforts paid off, restricting Nweke to six less goals than the first quarter while forcing Ekenasio to shoulder more of the work load. Marinkovich had certainly noticed these efforts though and made no changes in the break, or throughout the rest of the match for that matter, as she insisted her players work it out themselves on court.
The longer both coaches held off making substitutions, the more it felt like a personal endeavour to see which one of them would crack first and concede a weakness in their starting seven. Phumza Maweni was sent off for repeated contacts in the final two minutes of one of South Africa's earlier Quad Series matches despite less warnings than Burger.
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