Tamsin Greenway says England must win more than bronze medals
Wednesday 19 August 2015 13:34, UK
Tamsin Greenway says England must strive to break the netball dominance of Australia and New Zealand – even if Tracey Neville doesn’t continue as head coach.
The Roses wrapped up third-place at the Netball World Cup with a 66-44 win over Jamaica but watched on as the world's top ranked side Australia beat New Zealand to lift the trophy.
Greenway believes that immediate focus must be on how England can close the gap on the world's two top nations, although they must wait for Neville to decide her own future.
We have to start looking up – how are we going to compete with the top two in the world?
"I'm sure Tracey will be doing a lot of soul-searching in the next few weeks to decide what she wants to do," Greenway told Sky Sports News HQ.
"She didn't have a lot of time with us, she had to take it on board with what she knew which is why she picked a very experienced squad. She'll be happy with the victories we had under her.
"She's been great throughout this tournament and it will be her decision [whether to stay]."
Greenway, a veteran of the Roses team, believes that the culture in domestic netball must change if England are to improve on their world No 3 status.
She believes that achieving a bronze medal at the Netball World Cup was the minimum accolade.
"We can't be happy with where we ended up," she said. "We were third in the world going in, and ended up with bronze.
"We have to start looking up – how are we going to compete with the top two in the world?
"Even the talk over there from all the Aussies was the expectation that we would be in the final. The players would admit that's where we wanted to be, and we have to start addressing how we're going to break the top two."
