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PREVIEW | 2024 Constellation Cup
THE INTERNATIONAL netball season continues at full force today, with the Constellation Cup kicking off in New Zealand. Perhaps more so than in recent editions, Australia will come into this series as overwhelming favourites. Despite coming unstuck once against England, the Diamonds continue to be a dominating force in world netball and with New Zealand […]
England and Jamaica name squads for upcoming series
IT HAS been a big few days for squad announcements, with both England and Jamaica announcing key squads for upcoming series. England has announced its squads for both the series against Jamaica and the Fast 5 World Series in New Zealand. For the Jamaica series, there is no change to the squad that toured Australia […]
New Zealand names Constellation Cup Squad
THE INTERNATIONAL netball season express just keeps rolling on, with New Zealand announcing its squad for the upcoming Constellation Cup series against Australia. The biggest change from the squad that lost the Taini Jamison Trophy to England is the return of Phoenix Karaka, who had to drop out of the previous tournament due to illness. […]
Kiwis claim consolation win in Taini Jamison series
NEW ZEALAND has won the third match of the 2024 Taini Jamison Trophy, winning 61-56 over England to pick up a consolation win despite having lost the series already. The match was tight early, but New Zealand pulled away in the end and contended with multiple England fightbacks to take the win. Early it was […]
Roses rule over Ferns again to win Taini Jamison
ENGLAND has defeated New Zealand again, winning the second test 59 goals to 55 to take the 2024 Taini Jamison Trophy. New Zealand was the better side in the first half, but after a massive third term the Roses took back control and ultimately held on for the win. New Zealand was the side to […]
England outlasts New Zealand to go one up in series
ENGLAND has got its visit to New Zealand off to the perfect start, defeating the Silver Ferns 59 goals to 58 in a hard fought first test of the Taini Jamison Trophy. After a bit of a chaotic start to the game, the Silver Ferns got off to a strong start and put the first two […]
PREVIEW | Taini Jamison Trophy 2024
INTERNATIONAL netball never takes a break this time of the year, and merely days after the series between Australia and England, the next series is about to commence with the 2024 Taini Jamison Trophy between New Zealand and England kicking off tonight. Unlike last year’s edition of this series – which New Zealand won two […]
England boss evaluates where it all went wrong
AFTER impressing in test two of their series with Australia and ultimately winning that match, things went far from to plan for England on Wednesday night, and were completely outclassed by Australia in Bendigo. Reflecting on what transpired on court post-match, England coach Jess Thirlby said it felt different to the first test. “I thought […]
Ranger Stacey reflects on another series won
AUSTRALIA won the third match of its series against England on Wednesday night after ultimately pulling away late in the match. Especially after how things went during the second match of the series, the fact that the Diamonds were able to respond in the way that they did really impressed coach Stacey Marinkovich. “Full respect […]
Australia names Constellation Cup squad
MERE hours after wrapping up their series with England, the Australian Diamonds have announced their squad for their next series, the four match Constellation Cup against New Zealand. It is essentially the same squad as the one that took on England, but with a few key changes made in the defence end. Ash Ervin drops […]
Diamonds dominate Roses to win series
AUSTRALIA has won its series with England after winning the third and final test 69 goals to 56 in a dominating performance. Although the Roses pushed the Diamonds for much of the match, a lack of defensive turnover generation really hurt the visitors and the Diamonds ultimately ran away with the match in the final […]
Diamonds rattle Roses on the way to a big win
AUSTRALIA has made a statement in its opening match of the international netball season, downing England 70-57. Early in the first quarter it was as tight as it could get though. Both sides were trading blows as many of the plays were decided by a matter of inches. It took until about halfway through the […]