Shannon Francois, Laura Langman, Katrina Grant, Casey Kopua and Jodi Brown of New Zealand sing the national anthem. Photo / Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images
With the Netball World Cup set to get underway tomorrow in Sydney, Radio Sport's Rikki Swannell runs her eye over the teams to watch:
NEW ZEALAND
The shooting circle has never been this mobile, agile and athletic.
Defensively they have some of the finest players in the world, and experienced heads through court.
The element of surprise and the unknown is something this New Zealand team has, which others in the past haven't....it could go horribly wrong, or wonderfully right.
AUSTRALIA
The strength of the Australians is that there are no weaknesses.
It would be a huge upset if Australia doesn't win the tournament.
But perhaps the fact they're such raging hot favourites is the weakness. There's a sense from some pundits and fans across the ditch that the Diamonds simply have to show up to win the title.
ENGLAND
With 10 players returning from the 2011 tournament in Singapore, the English boast the most experienced line-up of all the top four sides.
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