Silver Ferns to play Australia in Invercargill

New Zealand and Australia will meet in a netball test in Invercargill on October 19.

Invercargill will host a New Zealand-Australia netball test this year.

It has been confirmed the Silver Ferns will play Australia in four Constellation Cup netball tests in October, with Invercargill gaining hosting rights for one of them.

It will follow the World Cup in South Africa in July.

Australia will host the first Constellation Cup test in Melbourne on October 12 followed by Brisbane three days later.

On October 19, Invercargill will then host the first of two tests in New Zealand before the two teams meet in Auckland four days later.

Australia holds the Constellation Cup after a drawn series (2-2) last year.