NWC 2019: Pool F preview
WITH plenty of exciting matches throughout the second stage of the World Cup we take a look at two eye catching games from Pool F that could help to determine the next stage of the World Cup. Australia, New Zealand, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Barbados and Northern Ireland are all in the same pool and will play […]
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 […]
NWC19 reviews: Day 2 – Malawi, Northern Ireland and Uganda get their first win on the board
AUSTRALIA (73) defeated ZIMBABWE (37) The result might not have been a surprise, but the way in which the losing side Zimbabwe stood up to the world number ones captured plenty of hearts across the globe. Both sides won the day before, but Australia was expected to trounce the lowly nation, and proceeded to race […]
NWC19 reviews: Day 1 – Favourites cruise through as Barbados and Zimbabwe produce magical wins
NEW ZEALAND (64) defeated MALAWI (45) New Zealand has exorcised any past demons from its shock loss to Malawi at last year’s Commonwealth Games, downing the Queens by 19 points on the opening day of the Netball World Cup. In the first completed match of the tournament, the Silver Ferns took control early with a […]
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 […]
World Cup region preview: Europe
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 Europe, which saw Scotland and Northern Ireland both make it through […]
World Cup region preview: Americas
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 Americas, which saw Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados both make […]
World Cup region preview: African region
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 African region, which saw Uganda and Zimbabwe both make it […]
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 […]
SSN Midseason review: West Coast Fever
WITH big injuries to start the season finishing with a loss in Round 1, it became apparent early that the West Coast Fever of 2018 would not be making a miraculous 2019 resurgence. An up and down start to the season sees last year’s grand finalists sitting in sixth on the ladder at the midway […]
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 […]
