The Australian Diamonds continued to showcase their dominance against the SPAR Proteas as they beat them 65 -42 to claim the series 3 – 0 in Adelaide on Sunday, 12 October 2025.
The SPAR Proteas had to put the disappointment of the previous match in Wollongong behind them as they come into the final game of the series. With the Aussie Diamonds having had already clinched the series, a win for South Africa would boost their confidence.
South Africa started off very strong in this match and making sure that they keep the Aussies on the back foot – a task they managed to maintain for the better part of the quarter, however it was the world champs that pulled away in the last three minutes scoring seven goals with no response from their opponents. Aussie Diamonds took the quarter 20 – 11.
SPAR Proteas started the second quarter a bit stronger, using speed to their advantage – the objective was to reduce the score deficit and take the game to Australia who were not sitting back either. SPAR Proteas Head Coach Jenny van Dyk made two tactical change mid quarter with the introduction of Owethu Ngubane for Kamogelo Masego and Juanita van Tonder made her debut replacing Nicola Smith as a goalkeeper. Australia’s dominance and experience continued as they took the quarter 19 – 9, the hosts went into half time leading the match 39 – 20.
The start of the championship quarter saw van Dyk bring about a few changes to the team with Rolene Streutker and Refiloe Nketsa taking court.
SPAR Proteas held their own as they took the quarter 12 -10 however this was not enough as Australia still enjoyed a 49 – 32 lead.
The SPAR Proteas put up a fight in the final quarter, but a dominant and physical Aussie Diamonds scored 16 goals to the 10 scored by South Africa in the last 15 minutes to give the worlds best netball nation an impressive 65-42 victory.
“Firstly, we would like to congratulate Australia on their fantastic performance. Coming back to us, I believe that there were moments that I think we were right on point and doing a great job on attacks mostly – we have a lot of work that lies ahead of us, we still have a lot to do. We are looking forward to getting back home and start working on areas of improvement. A lot of our identified areas of improvements need a lot of work and not quick fixes, this is something that we need to work on and drilling into our players. We learnt a lot about our players, where they are strong, how they adapt and how we need to manage them. This series was a big eye opener for us, a big learning experience and exercise as well,” said Jenny van Dyk, SPAR Proteas Head Coach.
Quarter Score Breakdown
- Q1: SPAR Proteas 11 – 20 Aussie Diamonds
- Q2: SPAR Proteas 20 – 39 Aussie Diamonds
- Q3: SPAR Proteas 32 -49 Aussie Diamonds
- Q4: SPAR Proteas 42 – 65 Aussie Diamonds
SPAR Proteas Starting VII
GS – Elmere van der Berg; GA – Kamogelo Maseko; WA – Khanyisa Chawane ( C ); C- Tarle Mathe; WD – Shadine van der Merwe; GD – Sanmarie Visser; GK Nicola Smith
Shooting Stats:
Elmere van der Berg 20/21 (91%)
Kamogelo Maseko 4/4 (100%)
Owethu Ngubane 3/6 (50%)
Rolene Streukter 15/22 (68%)
