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The Silver Ferns have a new captain and vice-captain - as voted by their peers and team management

The Silver Ferns have a new captain and vice-captain - as voted by their peers and team management

9 October 2025

After mixing up their skippers during the recent series win over South Africa, New Zealand will have Karin Burger as captain and Kelly Jackson as vice-captain for the upcoming Constellation Cup and Northern Tour.

Burger reflects on her new role.

Of the three captains used against South Africa, Grace Nweke is the one to dip out.

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09 Oct: The Silver Ferns are parking any difference in opinion among the group as they turn their attention to next week's Constellation Cup netball series against Australia

09 Oct: Netball New Zealand's key backers are hanging in en masse on a largely silence-is-consent basis for now while the Dame Noeline Taurua Silver Ferns coaching mediation saga lingers

07 Oct: Silver Ferns caretaker coach Yvette McCausland-Durie is adamant her squad can present a united front for the rest of 2025

06 Oct: Silver Ferns interim coach Yvette McCausland-Durie is confident she has options in the shooting circle, despite naming three specialist Goal Shoots in her 14-player squad for the Constellation Cup series against Australia

04 Oct: The Players Association insist they don't have a preferred outcome in the Netball New Zealand versus Dame Noeline Taurua saga

30 Sep: Former Silver Ferns netball coach Yvonne Willering has questioned the silence from the players' association amid the continued absence of incumbent mentor Dame Noeline Taurua

29 Sep: Former Silver Ferns netball coach Yvonne Willering has questioned the silence from the players' association amid the continued absence of incumbent mentor Dame Noeline Taurua

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