AUSTRALIA won the Digicel Punjas International Youth Netball Series beating New Zealand 52-43 in the final at the Vodafone Arena last night.
While the Kiwis tried hard throughout the match the Australians held on to take victory at the end of the match.
Meanwhile hosts Fiji finished in third spot after beating Pacific rivals Samoa.
The Baby Pearls managed to fight off a spirited Samoan side winning 48-42.
Fiji struggled in the first two quarters allowing the Samoans to lead 23-21 at half time.
Fiji came out strongly in the second half with coach Vicki Wilson making some key changes to their game plan. Wilson said she was happy with the performance of her players.
“We are delighted to finish the series in third position with a win against Samoa and we made it very tough on ourselves.
“It was a slow start though but we managed to put it together in the third quarter and we need to make sure we really value the ball in our forward line and get the ball into the ball circle in scoring opportunity.”
Samoa coach Lee Edwards said Fiji played better.
“It was a good game against Fiji,” she said.
“We are happy with the performance with the young players in the team.”
