{"id":557318,"date":"2025-11-08T13:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557318\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T13:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:25:14","slug":"scotland-coach-relishes-silver-ferns-test-watch-on-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557318\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland coach relishes Silver Ferns test – watch on BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Test series: <\/strong>Scotland v New Zealand<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> Playsport Arena, East Kilbride When: <\/strong>Sunday, 9 November Time:<\/strong> 16:00 GMT<\/p>\n

Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live on iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app<\/p>\n

Scottish Thistles head coach Kath Tetley believes the series against the Silver Ferns is perfect preparation for her side before next year’s Commonwealth Games.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Thistles, ranked 10th in the world, have not defeated the Silver Ferns – who are second in the rankings – in any of their previous meetings.<\/p>\n

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The first of the two matches takes place on Sunday, with the follow up scheduled for Tuesday evening (19:30 GMT), with both matches at Playsport Arena in East Kilbride.<\/p>\n

“It’s a real privilege and we’re grateful to have a chance to test against the best,” Tetley told BBC Sport Scotland.<\/p>\n

“The Silver Ferns are fierce. Depending on which side of the fence you sit on, some would argue that they’re in the hottest form in the world right now.<\/p>\n

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“It doesn’t get any better for us than this because that’s the benchmark and we have to make sure we’re getting ourselves ready for hosting our home Commonwealth Games next year.<\/p>\n

“This is all part of that grand plan is having incredible competition here to really test us.”<\/p>\n

Tetley, who was previously head coach at GWS Fury in the New South Wales Premier League in her native Australia, is now more than a year into her role as head coach of the Thistles.<\/p>\n

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She is happy with the depth of competition for places in her squad.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got a squad of 15 for the upcoming two games so it gives us really great flexibility looking at what final 12 we’ll put out against each match,” she added.<\/p>\n

“It is critical to our preparation for the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

“The thing that I’m really pleased for Scottish Netball fans is we have a really strong squad who are all pushing for selection”.<\/p>\n

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Following the series against the Silver Ferns, the Thistles will compete in the Celtic Cup later this month.<\/p>\n

The Welsh Feathers defeated the Thistles 59-47 in last year’s final and the 2025 edition of the event will see an expanded format where six nations will compete at Emirates Arena in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

“We’ve gone from a four-team competition to six, which shows we know how to put on a good show and it’s also really good competition for world netball,” Tetley said.<\/p>\n

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