Australia thumped England 3-0 in a Test series last year and it seems the lessons learned and experience garnered by the Roses cost the Diamonds on the biggest stage, writes Brittany Carter.
Despite a hot start, the Roses were trailing by six at half-time, having been penalised 41 times to Australia's 20, when Thirlby switched the circle defence up to give Funmi Fadoju and Fran Williams a run together for the third quarter.
It was an example of just how capable England's domestic talent is, still able to learn some valuable lessons against the Australian style of play across a handful of international games without the need to rely on a Super Netball contract. "We did take players over there that had barely played against Australia before, so hopefully we're getting the rewards now, we just had to be patient and that's why resisting the external noise is part of our job."The 22 changes Thirlby made across the game kept fresh legs on court and the Diamonds on their toes, while Stacey Marinkovich was surprisingly quiet on the substitution front.
Garbin has more goals than anyone else for the team yet at this tournament , and defender Sunday Aryang also didn't make it out on court. "Ultimately, they were doubling back on our goal shooter and it didn't matter which goal attack we put out there, that was working. … We've just got to look at how we can be more direct," she said.England and Australia had already secured their place in the semis heading into the last day of the preliminary stage, but Thirlby will now have the upper hand for finals after beating the world number one side for the first time since the Quad Series in 2019.
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