What it takes to be a Silver Fern

11:22 am on 23 July 2019

Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua is renowned for being tough on fitness.

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  • Since being in the job, Taurua has constantly pushed her squad to get better, with some of her World Cup selections hinging on it.

    That need for faster, stronger and fitter proved instrumental for the Silver Ferns, who walked away from yesterday's World Cup final in Liverpool as champions with a 52-51 win over arch rivals Australia.

    Before heading to Liverpool to cover the World Cup, RNZ netball reporter Ravinder Hunia headed along to the AUT Millennium Institute on the North Shore in Auckland to find out just what's involved in Taurua's testing.