Former Silver Ferns shooter Jodi Brown says the pressure went on, and the team crumbled, in the third test against the England Roses.
The Roses beat a depleted Silver Ferns 49-45 to win the Taini Jamison Trophy series in Christchurch - despite the local side being 10 points ahead at half time.
Brown says the collapse was a result of injury and a lack of leadership on the court.
She spoke to Corin Dann.