The Tall Ferns fielded five debutants in the defeat to Japan in the opening game of their eight-game tour of Japan and Taiawan.
It wasn’t all doom and gloom as Tall Ferns Head Coach Guy Molloy explains here
Japan 74
Tall Ferns 44 – Boagni 12, Beck 7, Paalvast 6, Purcell 6, Davidson 4, Goulding 4, Fotu 2, Farnworth 2, Cocks 1
LACEY LOWDOWN 