Defending champions the MG Mystics held their nerve to triumph, 61-52, over a hugely improved Ascot Park Hotel Steel in the cauldron of ILT Stadium Southland.
The Silver Ferns will play off for third after suffering an agonising 58-57 loss to England in their final round robin match at the Vitality Netball Nations Cup in Leeds on Sunday. Trailing by six late in the fourth quarter, the Silver Ferns came .
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Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has a big decision to make about her coaching future after New Zealand finished third at netball's Nations Cup in Leeds this morning.