Draft Central Courtside Comments: Round 3 – Sunday Aryang
EACH week the Draft Central team will focus on one Suncorp Super Netball player across the round and take a look at their individual highlights, key moments and improvements across their match. Our Round 3 focus is West Coast Fever’s Sunday Aryang with the young defender exploding out of the blocks in the opening rounds […]
Draft Central Courtside Comments: Round 2 – Tippah Dwan
EACH week the Draft Central team will focus on one Suncorp Super Netball player across the round and take a look at their individual highlights, key moments and improvements across their match. Our player focus for Round 2 is Queensland Firebirds goaler, Tippah Dwan, with the goal attack putting on a show in the first round […]
Draft Central Courtside comments: Round 1 – Maisie Nankivell
EACH week the Draft Central team will focus on one Suncorp Super Netball player across the round and take a look at their individual highlights, key moments and improvements across their match. Our player focus for Round 1 is Adelaide Thunderbirds’ Maisie Nankivell, with the youngster developing impressively over the off-season and contributing well in […]
Queensland hubs – could we see midweek practice matches?
WITH the announcement of a Queensland hub for the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season, the question must be asked about how teams will work up matchplay experience for regularly benched players without the Australian Netball League (ANL) feeder going ahead as per usual. With all eight teams expected to share training facilities in Queensland for […]
What impact will rolling subs have on SSN 2020?
WITH so many changes happening over the last few months – think global pandemic, Australian Diamonds pregnancies and two goal super shots – something that has somewhat shifted to the backburner coming into the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) season is the addition of the rolling substitutions. The rule was introduced prior to the season’s […]
Opinion: Which teams in the SSN will benefit from the Super Shot?
IN light of the introduction of the Suncorp Super Netball “Super Shot” Draft Central casts an eye over which team will benefit from the new rule and which teams may struggle. The Super Shot allows goalers in the last five minutes of each quarter to earn double the points if they can sink them from […]
Is Australian netball moving too far from the regular game?
WITH the introduction of the two goal Super Shot to the Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) for season 2020, we delve into the rule changes in the SSN in recent seasons. While some rules have less impact than others, there is plenty to unpack when it comes to why fans and players alike are so frustrated […]
Who could lead SSN stats in 2020?
WITH the Suncorp Super Netball set to return in just over a month there is plenty of hype surrounding the season and which team will assert themselves on the competition. Last year the Lightning and Swifts seemed to dominate most areas when it came to statistics, but that did not stop Adelaide Thunderbirds recruit Shamera […]
Who will replace Bongi Msomi as captain of South Africa?
THE Spar Proteas have risen up the rankings, seen as a team to beat with star players across the court and speed to boot. Led by inspirational captain Bongi Msomi, South Africa have pushed many of the top four nations to their limits, collecting crucial wins and getting inside opposition heads. But in a look […]
What if… the next England International window clashed with the VNSL?
WITH ongoing uncertainty around the timing of future international fixtures for the Roses, Draft Central considers what would happen if England matches overlapped with the upcoming 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) season. Which teams would find they had key players missing from their starting lineups, and which youngsters could take the opportunity to show what they […]
