No mercy shown as Australia put England to sword to claim another ...

Australia’s remarkable run of success has continued, with the Diamonds claiming the series win over England with a 69-56 victory in Bendigo on Wednesday night.

After dropping game two in historic circumstances in Sydney, Australia bounced back and put the Roses to the sword with a statement win to claim the series 2-1.

Jamie-Lee Price made an immediate impact on her return after missing that loss – but ended up on a warning in the first half after a tussle with England debutant Jess Shaw.

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The result was disappointing for a young England who were chasing their first-ever series win in Australia.

The Roses defenders were unable to win back ball from Vixens duo Kiera Austin (24/29 at 83% and two intercepts) and Sophie Garbin (43/47 at 91.5%) who proved rock solid in attack.

Austin was named both game three MVP and the series MVP.

England now have a few days to regroup before they head to New Zealand.

The Diamonds will also be making their way across the ditch in the coming weeks for next month’s Constellation Cup clash with the Silver Ferns.

QUARTER BY QUARTER MATCH REPORT

STARTING SEVEN

Australia: GS Garbin, GA Austin, WA Watson, C Hadley, WD Price, GD Aryang, GK Klau

England: GS Tchine, GA Housby, WA Pearson, C Allison, WD Cobden, GD Fadoju, GK Williams

England opted to take an unchanged seven into the final Test in Bendigo while Australia went back to their tried and trusted starting seven from their game one win.

Third-gamer Lois Pearson got plenty of attention pre-first centre pass, but it didn’t bother her as she assisted Helen Housby to land the first goal.

Australia were forced to go the long way for their opener; heading back to Sarah Klau in goal keeper before they could go forwards.

Roses defender Funmi Fadoju got up for her first tip of the game, but Kiera Austin was able to calmly regather and convert.

The first turnover of the game came as England couldn’t get the pass away due to an “unforgiveable” error - and they made the same mistake moments later as the Diamonds jumped out by 4.

“There is no one ball side for the Roses!” Fox Netball’s Catherine Cox said.

“This is where they are getting into trouble.”

Beth Cobden got the much-needed intercept to draw England back in the term.

Bodies hit the deck across the court as neither side took a backward step.

At the first change it was Australia leading 16-13.

The second term saw a stunning run of seven goals for the home side.

Jamie-Lee Price showed her importance to the Diamonds with a brilliant circle edge intercept before Rose Liv Tchine was pinged for contact on Sarah Klau, coughing up ball.

The confidence to let it go to Garbin grew substantially in the second term as England were punished for their errors and suddenly the margin was 9.

Jess Thirlby looked to her bench and brought Amy Carter on at centre and broke Australia’s momentum.

But just as the Roses started to claw back the deficit, it was Price again on the circle who won ball back.

Game two hero Lois Pearson headed to the bench to hand Jess Shaw her Roses debut with less than three minutes to play in the second.

Shaw got under Price’s skin within seconds as the Diamond was first advanced and then handed a warning for two separate incidents late in the term.

At the main break, it was England with all the work to do trailing 30-24.

There was no change to either side for the third as the duo went goal for goal.

Allison returned as wing defence midway through the third as the Diamonds got a bit of luck with an out of court call.

Garbin continued to show her dominance in both front and back space, forcing Thirlby to make the change an introduce Razia Quashie at goal keeper.

Fran Williams pushed out to goal defence as Fadoju headed to the bench.

Just as the Roses looked to have coughed up ball between Helen Housby’s legs, Allison came through for the intercept - but England still managed to throw it away.

At the final change, Australia held a 50-42 lead.

It became “panic stations” for England in the fourth as the margin hit double digits.

The Roses just couldn’t win ball back in defence as Austin and Garbin found another gear.

As the game slipped away, both coaches benched their goal attacks for the first time all series - Austin replaced by Sophie Dwyer and Housby by Berri Neil.

Dwyer and Neil - in both their first minutes in the three Tests - dropped goals but the margin was still 11.

It was a messy last few minutes but ultimately Australia stood tall to take the win and the series crown.