Building depth

Partly through circumstance and partly through design, Southby laid strong foundations as she builds towards the pinnacle events in 2018 and 2019 by exposing a raft of new combinations to the international environment . Five players — Jane Watson, Te Paea Selby- Rickit, Storm Purvis, Maia Wilson and Gina Crampton — debuted for the Silver Ferns this season — that’s the most debutants they’ve had in one year since 1994, when six new players were brought into the mix.