For those of you who thought Men don’t play netball, think again!

The word from down under in New Zealand is that The Silver Ferns will be looking for blokes when they play Adelaide tomorrow in the run up to New Zealand’s first test match against Australia on Sunday.

Just in case your mind has drifted off on a tangent at this point, no, the Kiwi side isn’t planning on a wild night out on the pull in Adelaide–the girls often play against men’s teams to prepare them for the physical challenge of a tough Aussie team.

The girls’ firmly believe that playing against men in practice is great for experiencing the pressure of a tough game during competitions and midcourt player, Liana Barret-Chase says, “It’s exactly what we need”. We’re presuming she means men to play NETBALL with…

Silver Ferns Coach, Ruth Fern, will be shipping men into the players’ camp to “help them out.”

Go girls!