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SILVER FERNS netball world cup sydney 2015
Grace Rasmussen Positions: WA, GA HeigHt: 1.77m DoB: 18 March, 1988 test CaPs: 20 (as at 29 July 2015) WorlD CuP attenDanCe: Debut silver Ferns squaD: 2009–2013, 2014–2015 DeBut: 7 August 2010 v Samoa, in Wellington
Always a player of enormous potential, Grace Rasmussen’s influence in the pivot’s position of wing attack has reached new heights. Growing consistency in her all-round play where Rasmussen’s specialities are quickness off the line, silky feeding skills, a high work rate and determined defensive efforts, have combined to produce an accomplished and clever wing attack. Rasmussen cut her teeth in international Netball at the 2005 World Youth Cup as part of the winning New Zealand U21 team. In 2009, Rasmussen travelled to England as a training partner for the Silver Ferns, and was included in the Ferns squad soon after. Of Samoan origin, it was a special moment for Rasmussen to make her Silver Ferns’ debut against Samoa in Porirua in 2010. She had frequent court time at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi on the way to New Zealand’s gold medal l win.