What now for the Silver Ferns after their World Cup pool match win over Australia...

Waimarama Taumaunu's decision to leave Cathrine Latu out of the Silver Ferns World Cup line-up in favour of high volume shooters was met with raised eyebrows in many circles.

Winless against their transtasman rivals in nine games, the Silver Ferns upstaged Australia in front of a record netball crowd in Sydney.

Dana Johannsen and Radio Sport's Rikki Swannell answer the key questions from the Silver Ferns' opener.

See all the transpired in the Netball World Cup clash between the Silver Ferns and Barbados.

Here's all you need to know so you can appear in the know about the tournament.

Poor results over past year mean for the first time the Silver Ferns go into a World Cup as underdogs to reach the final.

Silver Ferns newcomer Malia Paseka didn't think her family would get the chance to see her compete at her first World Cup.

There is no more time for the Silver Ferns netballers.

Tess Nichol speaks to former Silver Ferns Belinda Colling, Lois Muir and Anna Stanley on the current Ferns' chances for World Cup glory.

The Silver Ferns will feel much happier about boarding a plane to Sydney next week after a comprehensive win over South Africa.

The Silver Ferns coach's displeasure at the Ferns' defensive performance is instructive of how she sees her side winning the World Cup, writes Dana Johannsen.

The Ferns' traditional strength is being targeted as the big work-on for the team, as they prepare for their final pre-World Cup hit-out against South Africa tonight.

South Africa have provided Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu with a better guide of the relative strengths of her different combinations ahead of the World Cup

The spotlight shone on the new kid and the comeback kid in the Silver Ferns dominant win over Fiji in the first of three pre-World Cup hit-outs in Porirua tonight.

It is possibly the biggest gamble of Waimarama Taumaunu's career. A calculated gamble, but a gamble no less.

The new-look Silver Ferns attack line are an unknown quantity even to themselves just over three weeks out from the start of the World Cup.

Whatever happens to the Silver Ferns at the World Cup, one irrefutable truth remains - the performance of Maria Tutaia is still the critical success factor.

"I need to just step away and reassess where I want to go. I need to find the spark and I guess get the love for the game back in my heart again so I can carry on."

It wasn't long before the excitement in the room gave way to shock when Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu gathered the team she had selected for the World Cup.

Before the Netball World Cup story becomes one of selection delight and dejection, we should note the stories of sacrifice just to make it to this week's trials, writes Dana Johannsen.

Several long-standing Silver Ferns are in danger of missing out on the World Cup if they don't perform strongly at trials this week.

Magic defender Kristiana Manu'a may soon be at the centre of a tug-of-war between New Zealand and Australia.