New Zealand name 12-strong team to contest the upcoming Netball Quad Series

Newcomers Kelly Jury and Sam Sinclair have both been named in a 12-strong team to contest the upcoming Netball Quad Series in South Africa and England.

Jury, 20, has continued her rise through the ranks, earning her call-up at the expense of Phoenix Karaka and Storm Purvis, who have both been forced to sit out the tour with injuries.

Sinclair replaces Laura Langman, who is ineligible after signing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the new Australian league.

Ferns coach Janine Southby said: "Some of our selection decisions were unfortunately helped [by injuries] and we're working really hard to ensure we don't have lots of injuries impacting on these things down the track.

"With a couple of players we just felt it was important to give them the extra time to recover properly so they don't carry these injuries forward and they can give themselves a proper pre-season with their franchise teams and be training consistently hard through the ANZ season.

"The challenges is out there players need to be doing the work through the off-season and the ANZ season to really lift to Silver Ferns standard."

The Silver Ferns will start their tour in Durban against the Australian Diamonds on Saturday, January 28 at Durban Arena. The series will then move to England where they face England in Liverpool, before rounding off the series against South Africa on Sunday, February 5 at Wembley Arena.

Silver Ferns team for Quad Series:

Katrina Grant - Captain
Maria Tutaia - Vice-captain
Gina Crampton
Shannon Francois
Anna Harrison
Kelly Jury
Bailey Mes
Grace Rasmussen
Te Paea Selby-Rickit
Sam Sinclair
Jane Watson
Maia Wilson

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