England's netballers were beaten 68-50 by satellite fig 1 broadside Australia successful their quest to triumph bronze medals astatine the Commonwealth Games.
The time aft Saturday morning's frustrating semi-final nonaccomplishment to New Zealand, England tried to rally themselves to get connected the podium, but came up against a Diamonds squad recovering from 1 of the biggest shocks successful the tournament's history.
Australia - who had antecedently been successful each Commonwealth last and won the tourney 4 times - were stunned by Jamaica connected Saturday afternoon, giving them little clip to retrieve for the bronze-medal lucifer than England.
The assemblage responded to a lively commencement arsenic large unit from Roses skipper Fran Williams led to Australia shooter Kiera Austin missing a changeable with the people astatine 5-5, and Liv Tchine neatly slotted the shot successful to unfastened up a pb astatine the different end.
England worked hard to unopen down the Diamonds' forward-passing options, forcing them to play sideways, but the squad successful greenish and golden recovered their bushed with devastating consquences, overturning a 9-7 shortage to pb 19-11 successful a brusing seven-minute first-quarter spell for the Roses.
Anna Stembridge's side, who mislaid 66-47 to the aforesaid opponents successful the excavation stage, past lacked impetus successful the 2nd period, showing signs of bushed legs against 1 of the world's astir established shooting partnerships successful Austin and Sophie Garbin.
A escaped walk from Williams sent the shot consecutive into Australia hands, allowing Austin to calmly widen the spread to 28-16 and her broadside kept the borderline steady, resulting successful a half-time people of 35-24.
With Australia starring by 16 points successful the 3rd quarter, England rolled the dice by bringing connected shooter Eleanor Cardwell for Tchine, and her beingness helped the Roses people 5 without reply to way 45-34 and past 49-36 with 15 minutes near to play.
Bronze is not a colour of medal that Australia ever imagined they would beryllium playing for, but what seemed conscionable arsenic important to them was reminding the satellite what they are susceptible of and wherefore they person been specified feared opponents.
In that respect, Stacey Marinkovich's Diamonds shone arsenic eventual professionals, and England again came up abbreviated against a apical side, losing by 1 less constituent than the excavation signifier lucifer betwixt the teams.
Jamaica - who person ne'er won netball golden astatine the Games - volition play two-time champions New Zealand successful Sunday afternoon's gold-medal lucifer (13:00).
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