D'arcy And Goran

Temalisi Fakahokotau will miss the remainder of the netball season and potentially next year's world cup.The influential Silver Ferns defender has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in training for the Quad Series.New coach Noeline Taurua told D'Arcy and Goran if Fakahokotau has surgery, it's likely to be a year before she can manage full impact on court."Usually it's between nine to 12 months , but also you don't want to push it as there's always the worry that you could do it again if you move too fast too soon.."Noeline Taurua has called in Northern Mystics defender Michaela Sokolich-Beatson as defensive cover for the Quad Series.Taurua says Sokolich-Beatson has fitted in seamlessly."The good thing I suppose is that she, and the New Zealand squad members were also involved in camps, so she has as much as up to play as everybody else."The Silver Ferns face England in their Quad Series opener in Auckland on Saturday, while the 2019 Netball World Cup starts in Liverpool in exactly 10 mo