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After her side copped a battering across the Tasman last week, England coach Sue Hawkins is looking forward to much cleaner and more open games against the Silver Ferns.
England will conclude their tour Downunder with a three-test series against the Ferns beginning at Auckland's Vector Arena tonight.
Hawkins, a former Australian international, has been outspoken over the Diamonds' physical approach in last week's 2-0 series loss.
She believes the Australians used illegal tactics to rough up her side, with defenders holding players off the ball.
Hawkins was also concerned with several instances when Australian defenders took an English attacking player out in the course of attempting an intercept - a trend she believes is unhealthy for the game.
These tactics seemed to take a toll on the English attack, with the shooting end struggling to find their rhythm during the series. Hawkins said she doesn't expect to encounter the same physicality against the Ferns in Auckland tonight and believes her side will be much more comfortable with the New Zealand style of play.
"I think the Kiwis have a different style of play, I think they're a lot cleaner and go for the ball. I was disappointed playing against the Australians, and as an Australian I don't mind saying that," said Hawkins.
"I saw a lot of body on body which I thought was unnecessary. I think they've got more skill than that and they need to tidy a lot of that up."
But England's disappointing performances in Australia haven't dented their confidence.
Co-captain Karen Atkinson said memories of their historic win over New Zealand in their last outing gave her side a major psychological boost.
"The last time we played the Ferns we had a good win and that always gives you a lot of confidence so we definitely think we can win this series, otherwise we wouldn't be here."
But the Ferns line-up has had several changes since the two sides met in May last year. New Zealand coach Ruth Aitken has made several positional switches in their most recent internationals against Australia.
The biggest changes have come to the attacking end, with the unavailability of Temepara George, Adine Wilson and Jodi Brown forcing Aitken to try players out of position, most notably Irene van Dyk at goal-attack and Laura Langman at wing-attack.
But Hawkins believes Van Dyk is much more effective in her more customary role of goal-shoot.
"I've been quite surprised about that," said Hawkins of Van Dyk's shift to goal-attack. "Irene does an adequate job out there, I just don't think she is the answer in the goal-attack position.
"I still think Maria Tutaia is the goal-attack."
Hawkins joked that she hoped New Zealand would continue with their experiment in the shooting end for her own side's sake.
"Irene I think is a lot more dynamic under the ring, I'm hoping they play her at goal-attack from my point of view to keep her out of the circle as much as possible."
But England's hopes of containing the New Zealand shooters may rest on the fitness of star defender Geva Mentor, who was ill yesterday.
The loss of Mentor, who with Sonia Mkoloma is one of the kingpins in the English side, would be a huge blow for the visitors.
