NWC 2019: Team of the Week – Stage One
WITH all 16 nations competing across the three days we have looked at some of the top performers based purely off statistics to create this weeks’ Team of the Week. In their debut World Cup, Zimbabwe have managed to get two players in the side while Australia’s dominance has also seen two players get the […]
NWC 2019 Day 3: Roses and Diamonds dominate, while South Africa claim thrilling three-goal victory over Jamaica
NEW ZEALAND (89) defeated SINGAPORE (21) New Zealand dominated Singapore right from the get go with their slick ball movement and accuracy to post. The Silver Ferns were clearly too good for Singapore who simply could not match the intensity and precision of New Zealand who consistently poked holes in their defence and weaved the […]
World Cup region preview: Asia
IN the lead-up to the Netball World Cup starting July 12, we are previewing each of the automatic qualifiers individually, and then looking at each region’s qualification path’s to the sport’s highest ranked international tournament. In today’s region preview, we take a look at the Asian region, which saw Sri Lanka and Singapore both qualify […]
Victorian Netball League Review: Round 15
WITH Round 15 of the Victorian Netball League done and dusted the Casey Demons impressed with a 34-goal victory while the Geelong Cougars staked their claim as premiership contenders with a 42-goal thrashing over Southern Saints. Peninsula Waves (47) defeated by City West Falcons (55) The City West Falcons continued their winning ways with an […]
Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua up for the challenge
“IT is such an honour to represent your country and the Netball World Cup is the pinnacle event for netball. “I want to enjoy every moment.” IN her first Netball World Cup as head coach of the Silver Ferns Noeline Taurua has plenty to be excited about, boasting a relatively new line-up filled with both […]
SSN Midseason review: NSW Swifts
THE NSW Swifts have staked their claim on the competition with a hot start to the season. Boasting a solid line-up they have proved that hard work and doing the little things well can win you games time and time again. Ladder: 1st Win-loss: 7-1-1 Percentage: 118.62% Bonus points: 27 Overview: The Swifts have taken […]
SSN Midseason review: Melbourne Vixens
THE Melbourne Vixens have cemented their spot in the top four credit to their ability to rally under pressure and work their way through the opposition defence. Though they have not always put their best foot forward so far throughout the season, they have had moments of brilliance dancing down the court and leaving the […]
SSN Midseason review: Collingwood Magpies
AFTER a dominant pre-season there was plenty of hype around the new-look Magpies who seemed to have a real spring in their step. But without co-captain Madi Robinson Collingwood have struggled to find that same rhythm and connection in attack. Ladder: 4th Win-loss: 4-1-4 Percentage: 99.8% Bonus points: 16 Overview: The Magpies have had one […]
SSN midseason review: GIANTS Netball
AFTER a slow start to the season the GIANTS started to build into some form but have had a relatively inconsistent year. A draw against the Fever set tongues wagging with Caitlin Bassett believing she had scored the winning goal only for it not to be counted ultimately summing up the GIANTS start to the […]
SSN midseason review: Adelaide Thunderbirds
WITH the World Cup forcing a break in the Suncorp Super Netball season the Adelaide Thunderbirds sit second from the bottom but have shown glimpses of brilliance. Having won two games and drawn with top of the table NSW Swifts the Thunderbirds will be wanting to build on their season after the break and cause […]
ANZ Premiership Review: Northern Mystics
IT was a pretty disappointing season for the Northern Mystics who only mustered up the four wins for the season. With relatively new connections across the court the Mystics struggled to compete with the top teams in the competition and were unable to put out consistent four quarter performances. Ladder: 6th Win-loss: 4-11 Percentage: 91.5% […]
ANL: Semi-finals preview
WITH the semi-finals approaching we cast an eye over the match-ups with the top four all set to do battle. Victorian Fury and Canberra GIANTS face off first at the State Netball and Hockey Centre with the NSW Waratahs and Tasmanian Magpies following. All four sides have shown they have plenty of class and game […]
