2015 Taini Jamison Trophy Series

2015 Taini Jamison Trophy Series

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	23–28 July 2015
Teams	3
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand) [1]
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (6th title)
Runner-up	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Top scorer(s)	Bailey Mes  109/132 (83%)
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The 2015 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, also referred to as the New World Series, was the seventh Taini Jamison Trophy series. It featured New Zealand playing Fiji and South Africa in a series of three netball test matches, played in July 2015. New Zealand won all three tests. The New Zealand team were coached by Waimarama Taumaunu and captained by Casey Kopua. South Africa were coached by Norma Plummer and captained by Maryka Holtzhausen. All the teams used the series to prepare for the 2015 Netball World Cup. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Squads

New Zealand

New Zealand roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Jodi Brown GA, GS (1981-05-06)6 May 1981 (aged 34) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Central Pulse Leana de Bruin GD, GK (1977-07-09)9 July 1977 (aged 38) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Kayla Cullen GD, WD, C (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 23) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Northern Mystics Shannon Francois WA, C, GA (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 24) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Southern Steel Katrina Grant GK, GD, WD (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 28) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Central Pulse Phoenix Karaka GK, GD (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 21) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Southern Steel Casey Kopua  (c) GD, GK (1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 30) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Laura Langman  (vc) C, WD (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 29) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Northern Mystics Bailey Mes GS, GA (1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 26) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Mainland Tactix Malia Paseka GS, GA (1994-09-23)23 September 1994 (aged 20) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Grace Rasmussen GA, WA (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 27) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Maria Tutaia GA, GS (1987-02-18)18 February 1987 (aged 26) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Mystics	Head coach Waimarama Taumaunu Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Debuts

• Malia Paseka made her senior debut for New Zealand against Fiji. ^{[10] [11]}

South Africa

South Africa roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Erin Burger C, WA, WD (1987-02-10)10 February 1987 (aged 28) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Gauteng Jaguars Maryka Holtzhausen  (c) GA, WA (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 28) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Loughborough Lightning Rochelle Lawson GD – Lindie Lombard GS – Izette Lubbe C, WA (1992-07-12)12 July 1992 (aged 23) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Gauteng Jaguars Phumza Maweni GK, GD (1984-09-04)4 September 1984 (aged 30) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Loughborough Lightning Karla Mostert GD, WD (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 25) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Bongiwe Msomi WA, C (1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 27) 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Surrey Storm Precious Mthembu C, WD (1984-07-11)11 July 1984 (aged 31) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Kingdom Stars Adele Niemand GK – Elsje du Plessis – Lenize Potgieter GS, GA (1994-05-02)2 May 1994 (aged 21) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Norma Plummer Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^{[8] [9]}

Matches

First test

23 July 2015		New Zealand	91–31	Fiji		Te Rauparaha Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 22–3, 43–12, 70–21, 91–31
		Bailey Mes  48/57 (84%) Jodi Brown  15/18 (83%) Malia Paseka  14/17 (82%) Maria Tutaia  14/20 (70%)		Afa Rusivakula  14/19 (74%) Taraima Mitchell  12/17 (71%) Maria Lutua  5/6 (83%)

Sources: ^{[7] [10] [12]}

Second test

26 July 2015		New Zealand	68–44	South Africa		Claudelands Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 31–24, 52–34, 68–44
		Bailey Mes  36/43 (84%) Jodi Brown  32/39 (82%)		Lenize Potgieter  39/43 (91%) Maryka Holtzhausen  5/9 (56%)

Sources: ^{[3] [8] [13] [14] [15]}

Third test

28 July 2015		New Zealand	67–28	South Africa		The Trusts Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 31–15, 48–24, 67–28
		Bailey Mes  25/32 (78%) Jodi Brown  16/20 (80%) Maria Tutaia  15/18 (83%) Malia Paseka  11/15 (73%)		Lenize Potgieter  14/18 (78%) Maryka Holtzhausen  11/18 (61%) Lindie Lombard  3/6 (50%)

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [9] [16] [17]}

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