Big wins the order of the day
THERE were some big wins on show over the weekend in the Netball Super League (NSL) as some teams made the most of a mismatch in ability to bank some goal difference. One such game was the one between Leeds and Loughborough, which finished 63 goals to 49 in favour of the Lightning. It was […]
Shocks and revenge tasting very sweet in ANZ
ROUND 3 of the 2023 ANZ Premiership season saw it all. Upsets, Grand Final revenge, the whole lot. In the game of the round, the WBOP Magic have caused an absolute upset, defeating the Northern Mystics 57 goals to 56. The visitors dominated for much of the match, but the Magic never gave up and […]
Shocks and revenge in season opener
THE VICTORIAN Netball League was back last week, with not all results going the way some may have expected. In the Grand Final rematch, it was Geelong who avenged its loss in last season’s decider by defeating City West 51 goals to 48. Geelong got off to the perfect start, pinching a goal off the […]
Happy reunions for some, but not everyone
IN A weekend characterised by a number of players playing their old sides for the first time, not everyone came away from those reunions happy. To begin the weekend Surrey Storm earned a big 80 goal to 52 win over Team Bath. Despite Bath matching it with their visitors early, they dropped off as the […]
Pecking order starts to settle across the ditch
ROUND TWO of the ANZ Premiership saw the pecking order start to settle a little bit, as the picture of how the season will pan out became that little bit clearer. In the game of the round, the Northern Mystics have gone two from two in 2023 after they downed fellow round one winners the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dragons roar to life they break Bath hoodoo
ROUND 3 of the Netball Super League saw some history made, with the Celtic Dragons defeating Team Bath for the first time in almost ten years, winning 55 goals to 45. It was an entertaining and tight affair for much of the game, but the Dragons really opened up the match in the last quarter […]
Strong Pulse drain Bath in NSL Round 2 action
ROUND 2 of the 2023 NSL season had it all, and showed that Round 1’s results might not tell the full story about how the season is going to go. In the first Friday night match of the season it was London Pulse who kept their undefeated start to the season alive with a 72-42 […]
