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LOOK: Proteas fight the odds

Voice Sports Team|Published

BIG CLASH: South Africa must beat champions NZ.

South Africa’s Proteas have a giant to slay at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on Wednesday at 6pm when they face world champions New Zealand in the Netball World Cup.

With only two teams from Preliminary Stage groups F and G advancing to the semifinals, SA captain Bongi Msomi and her team are currently in third place with two games to play – against log leading New Zealand on Wednesday night and Uganda on Thursday

With the Kiwis and second-placed Jamaica, who beat SA in their final pool match and play last-placed Trinidad and Tobago at 4pm on Wednesday, both on six points, defeat for SA, coupled with a Jamaica win, will see the Proteas drop out.

But they have an ace up their sleeve in coach Norma Plummer, who apparently “scares the s*** out of” Wednesday’s opposite number Noeline Taurua.

SCARY TACTICIAN: Proteas coach Norma Plummer, centre.

Unbeaten heading into the game, Taurua, who has had many run-ins with the former Australian coach and player Plummer in the past, says with a laugh: “She [Plummer] scares the s*** out of me!”

“She is awesome, she is one of the best, she’s a legend and I have so much respect for her”.

TEAM P W D L Pts

1 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 6

2 Jamaica 3 3 0 0 6

3 South Africa 3 2 0 1 4

4 Uganda 3 1 0 2 1

5 Wales 3 0 0 3 0

6 Trinidad 3 0 0 3 0

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