{"id":16749,"date":"2017-02-07T13:04:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=16749"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:04:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:04:22","slug":"wales-face-new-zealand-historic-netball-series-tonight-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/07\/wales-face-new-zealand-historic-netball-series-tonight-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales to face New Zealand in &#039;historic&#039; netball series tonight in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_16753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16753\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16753 size-medium-grid-size\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/walesteam-670x500.jpg\" alt=\"Welsh netball team credit: Sporting Wales\" width=\"670\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16753 size-medium-grid-size\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/walesteam-670x500.jpg\" alt=\"Welsh netball team credit: Sporting Wales\" width=\"670\" height=\"500\" \/><\/noscript> Welsh netball team credit: Sporting Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WALES netball team will battle for the Wendy White trophy against world number two New Zealand tonight in what is being called a \u2018historic\u2019 match.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The two-match tournament between Wales and the four-times world champions is being held in Cardiff\u2019s 3,000 seater Ice Arena Wales. The first game starts at 7.30pm tonight\u00a0and\u00a0the second takes place\u00a0tomorrow, with tickets available on the door for both matches.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It will be the first time in 20 years that the Silver Ferns have played in Wales and t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he game is part of the Swansea University International Netball Test Series, a partnership between Swansea University and Welsh Netball.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New Zealand team are fresh from the Quad Series where they finished runners-up.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The series was hosted by England this year, and also featured South Africa and Australia who finished as champions.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales, who are ranked 8th in the world, have announced their team for\u00a0tonight\u2019s game.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Welsh Players are: Sara Bell, Fern Davies, Suzy Drane (captain), Bethan Dyke, Chloe James, Kyra Jones, Nia Jones, Lateisha Kidner, Chelsea Lewis, Kelly Morgan (vice-captain), Georgia Rowe and Amanda Varey.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For several of the players this will be the first time they have represented their nation against the Silver Ferns.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16754\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16754 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/fullteam-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"The 12 women picked to represent Wales in the two-match series credit: Welsh Netball\" width=\"960\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16754 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/fullteam-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"The 12 women picked to represent Wales in the two-match series credit: Welsh Netball\" width=\"960\" height=\"480\" \/><\/noscript> The 12 women picked to represent Wales in the two-match series credit: Welsh Netball<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES netball team will battle for the Wendy White trophy against world number two New Zealand tonight in what is being called a \u2018historic\u2019 match. 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