The void left by the international retirement of Steph Wood, Australian netball’s little master, was never going to be small. In the Diamonds’ first two matches without the shooter at this month’s Constellation Cup, it appeared Kiera Austin had the goods to fill Wood’s Asics, as the understudy goal attack helped lead the team to victory.
But in the return pair of fixtures in New Zealand, culminating in Monday’s 53-50 loss to the Silver Ferns that saw Australia retain the trophy on goal aggregate, those shoes suddenly seemed to get a lot bigger again. It is anything but a minor problem for the Diamonds.
