NSL Player Focus: Shadine Van Der Merwe (Manchester Thunder)
LAST weekend saw Manchester Thunder bring Loughborough Lightning’s undefeated run to an end, and one key part of the Thunder’s win was defender Shadine Van der Merwe. The experienced South African played a crucial role in quelling the influence of key Lightning players, which allowed the Thunder to move ahead on the scoreboard and take […]
Suncorp Super Netball Season Preview: Collingwood Magpies
THE 2023 Suncorp Super Netball Season is only a matter of weeks away, and in anticipation of the new season we here at Rookie Me Central are going to take an in depth look at each of the sides and preview what this year may have in store for them. Today’s preview is all about the Collingwood […]
True smorgasbord to kick off the season
THE OPENING weekend of the ANZ Premiership season truly had it all. Big wins, small wins and wins that prove the 2022 pecking order means nothing this year. In the clash of last year’s runners up versus last year’s wooden spooners, it was the Tactix who got the upset win, downing the Stars by six […]
Quarter of the way through means no more undefeated sides
ROUND FIVE of the 2023 Netball Super League really did have it all – a draw and several teams suffering their first losses of the season. This means that now that the season is a quarter of the way through, there are no longer any undefeated teams. In the closest match of the round, Leeds […]
Suncorp Super Netball Season Preview: Adelaide Thunderbirds
THE 2023 Suncorp Super Netball Season is only a matter of weeks away, and in anticipation of the new season we here at Rookie Me Central are going to take an in depth look at each of the sides and preview what this year may have in store for them. First cab off the rank […]
2023 ANZ Premiership | Round 1 preview: New season, same goal
FIRST it was the English, now it is New Zealand’s turn to get its domestic netball campaign underway as the 2023 ANZ Premiership season kicks off this weekend. There has been plenty of change across all the teams over the offseason, and now that the Te Wānanga o Raukawa pre-season tournament is done and World […]
2023 NSL | Round 5 preview: Quarter of a season down, still no answers
THIS weekend marks a quarter-way post of the 2023 Netball Super League (NSL) season, and while the campaign may be 25 per cent completed after this weekend, there is still so much to play out. For one thing, not everyone has played the same number of games up until this point, so it is difficult […]
NSL Player Focus: Alice Harvey (Loughborough Lightning)
LAST weekend’s action in the Netball Super League saw Loughborough Lightning continue their undefeated start to the season with a win over the Saracens Mavericks. Someone who was particularly impressive in that game was Alice Harvey, who at goal keeper really lifted her defensive body work from the second quarter onwards which correlated in the […]
Double disaster weekend for Mavericks
LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning inflicted the first of two big losses for the Saracens Mavericks in Round 4 of the Netball Super League (NSL) with a 17-goal win on Friday night. The match began as a tight affair, with both teams battling the nerves and unable to settle as they traded blows. Eventually it was the Mavericks […]
Fever red hot in Team Girls Cup
OVER the weekend the Gold Coast played host to the 2023 edition of the Team Girls Cup, with all eight Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) clubs converging on the Gold Coast Sport and Leisure Centre for the preseason tournament. With all the teams trying out new players and new combinations the results may not mean much […]
2023 NSL | Round 4 preview: Big round, big tests
FASTER than Jade Clarke dashing down the court, it is already the fourth round of the 2023 Netball Super League season. After an action packed double round weekend last weekend, this weekend is back to the traditional single round weekend but there are still plenty of fascinating factors at play to watch this weekend. The […]
NSL Player Focus: Jade Clarke (London Pulse)
THIS past weekend was a positive one for the London Pulse, with the Londoners winning both their Round 2 battle with Bath, and their Round 3 clash against Severn. One of the stars of that Round 2 win was English veteran Jade Clarke, who finished with 10 feeds, a defensive rebound and an intercept in […]
