The Australian Diamonds have finished on top of their pool in the opening stage of the Netball World Cup, and will now face Scotland on Monday.
The Diamonds became just the second team to bring up triple figures this tournament when they demolished Fiji on Sunday.
Now they’ll face a tougher task against the 10th ranked Thistles from 5pm AEST.
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And one Scottish star will be a familiar a face to a couple of Diamonds with defender Emily Nicholl having trained with the West Coast Fever last off-season.
Sue Gaudion, Fox Netball’s commentator and Fever general manager, described Nicholl as a “top athlete”.
“Emily has a real tenacity about her game and the presence she has brought on court during our training session has been top level,” she said.
It means Nicholl will take the court against Fever duo Sunday Aryang and Courtney Bruce – the latter who has been on fire in the opening games with two MVP performances.
In just a half of netball, Bruce racked up 11 gains against just the eight penalties in an outstanding display.
But it’s the Diamonds’ “mastermind” in Steph Wood who will prove a tough task for the likes of Nicholl to stop on Monday.
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