Actions might speak louder than words, but not for the Silver Ferns as they prepare for the final Constellation Cup netball Test against Australia on Thursday.The New Zealanders trail the four-match series 2-1, and need an unlikely 25-goal win in Invercargill to wrest the Cup off holders Australia.There had been signs of hope for the Ferns, who bounced back from a first-up 12-goal defeat in Sydney to win the second Test 53-51 in Launceston last week.However, Sundays 62-50 thumping by the Diamonds in Auckland put the Constellation Cup once again out of reach for the Silver Ferns, who have held the trophy just once in the past seven seasons.Assistant coach Yvette McCausland-Durie says theres still plenty at stake in the final Test, the serious work beginning on Tuesday with a stop-start training session which focused more on instruction than on-court action.We were going over clarity of structure - what were the things we did well in Test two, and what were the little details we went away from in Test three which created that confusion and real disconnect for us, McCausland-Durie told NZ Newswire.In tomorrows practice, we hope to be able to talk less and allow them to get that flow, intensity and accuracy.McCausland-Durie and coach Janine Southby are looking for more patience in the fourth Test, a willingness to work the ball around rather than trying to nail the direct route to goal every time.It doesnt matter about scoring quickly, the key is actually to score, McCausland-Durie said.That means being a lot more patient on attack and being prepared to work a lot longer and harder to get the ball to where we want.Defensively, the Silver Ferns couldnt repeat the havoc they wreaked in the second Test, when the return of Anna Harrison played a big part in disrupting the Diamonds path to impressive shooter Caitlin Bassett.The addition of 1.91m goal attack Gretel Tippett to partner the 1.93m Bassett in the shooting circle created a whole new set of problems for New Zealand.The Silver Ferns couldnt shut down Australias smoother, quicker feed into the circle, and werent allowed to reclaim the same speed or space on attack theyd found in Launceston.Defensively, we were not as effective in terms of our dictating - we ended up following and reacting, McCausland-Durie said.They were certainly really physical - they worked hard to push us together into small spaces so we felt kind of tight with the ball.They did a good job - all the things that wed try to do to them, they did to us. 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TORONTO -- Sidney Crosby and the Canadians look as if they cant be stopped.Canada has won 14 straight games in best-on-best hockey tournaments since losing to the U.S. in the preliminary round of the Vancouver Games in 2010.Like the Americans in Olympic basketball, the Canadians simply seem as if theyre on another level against the rest of the world.Team Europe, though, hopes to spoil Canadas plans to celebrate a World Cup of Hockey title on home ice.The eight-nation European team and the one country that everyone else is trying to catch will face off Tuesday night in Game 1 of a best-of-three series.Europe advanced to the finals by beating Sweden 3-2 in overtime Sunday.It opened the event created by the NHL and NHL Players Association by stunning the U.S. and beating the Czech Republic before losing to Canada 4-1 in the preliminary round.Theyre a great story, and shame on us if we dont take them serious for what theyve done to this point, Canada general manager Doug Armstrong said.The surprise team of the tournament is made up of NHL players, many of them stars, who wouldnt have much of a shot to beat the best hockey teams in the world if they were playing for their individual countries: Slovakia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, France, Norway and Denmark.Id like to begin by thanking the NHL and the NHLPA for creating Team Europe and for giving us this opportunity, said Team Europe coach Ralph Krueger, whose day job is being the chairman of an England-based soccer team in the Premier League. The second organization I need to thank is Southampton Football Club.The Canadians earned a spot in the finals by beating Russia 5-3 on Saturday night.Canada coach Mike Babcock, who leads the Toronto Maple Leafs, has seemed to make all the right moves during the team during its stretch of dominance in this decade.His job will be to make sure the faavored and host Canadians do not underestimate a team theyll be expected to beat if not rout.ddddddddddddou put all those countries together, theres lots of good players there, Babcock said. I like their backend, I like the goaltending. I think theyve done a real good job through the middle of the rink with their team. Theyve got a good-looking team. Thats why you play these games. All the experts can predict what they want, but you got to play the games and decide.Some critics thought it was a joke to put a team together with players from eight nations instead of picking two of them, perhaps Slovakia and Switzerland, to round out the eight-team tournament.No one seems to be saying that anymore.Canada appears to have a clear edge with its skaters, a slew of star forwards and defensemen, but the goaltenders seem to be evenly matched. Hockey is a sport in which one player -- if hes in net -- can neutralize a superior team.Slovakian and New York Islander goalie Jaroslav Halak has been as impressive as any player in the tournament, other than Crosby, who has a World Cup-high seven points.Canada will counter with Carey Price, who has overcome concerns about his right knee injury that kept him of the Montreal Canadiens lineup for much of last season. Price was the No. 1 goalie for the Canadians when they repeated as Olympic champions two years ago.I dont want to say rivalry, but both guys know whos at the other end, said Armstrong, the St. Louis Blues GM, who used to have Halak on his team. Were very comfortable with our goalie, and I know theyre very comfortable with their goalie, so it should be very interesting.---Follow Larry Lage at www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at www.bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage ' ' '