2023 ANZ Premiership Team of the Week – Round 4
IT is Wednesday, which does mean it is time once again for another ANZ Premiership Team of the Week. After another weekend full of excellent performances, who stood out enough to make this week’s team? GS: Grace Nweke (Mystics) After a slight drop in form Nweke was back to her shooting best on the weekend […]
VNL 2023 | Round 3 Preview: Ladder set to be shaken up
IN the blink of an eye, the Victorian Netball League season is already up to Round 3, and after an interesting opening fortnight the pecking order is starting to settle. There is a clear divide between top and bottom on the table already, but it is only a fortnight into a very long season so […]
NSL Player Focus: Rachel Dunn (Celtic Dragons)
IT was a bumper weekend for most teams in the Netball Super League over the weekend, with most of the competition having to front up for multiple matches across the weekend. One of those sides was the Celtic Dragons, who had less than 24 hours between their match in London against the Pulse and their […]
Entertainment continues at end of bumper NSL weekend
ROUND 9 of the Netball Super League brought a jam packed weekend of netball to an end, with a mixed bag of results sure shaking things up. The tightest result of the round was in Cardiff where the Strathclyde Sirens overpowered the Celtic Dragons to win by one goal. After the Dragons dominated early, the […]
Tight results the flavour of the weekend in NZ
THERE was one overarching theme of all the results in the ANZ Premiership over the weekend – well almost – and that was small margins. In a thrilling upset, the Tactix showed they are a team to beat this season after they downed the Central Pulse 50 goals to 49. It did not take long […]
Big wins, little wins, all the types of wins
IN the first of two rounds this weekend in the Netball Super League, there was a real mixture of margins across the four games. In the opening game of the round the Leeds Rhinos again fell agonisingly short of their first win of the season, going down to the Severn Stars 53 to 51. Teams […]
Fever survive another thriller to remain undefeated
THE West Coast Fever have survived another close game – their second in as many weeks – to remain undefeated this Suncorp Super Netball season. This time defeating the GIANTS 74 goals to 73, they weathered one hell of a final quarter come back from the GIANTS to take the win. The teams initially went […]
Almighty comeback sees Vixens pinch thrilling yet controversial Derby
THE Melbourne Vixens have pulled off the almightiest of comebacks to steal a 62 to 61 goal win over Collingwood in the Melbourne Derby. After being out of it for much of the match, they fought back hard late and with a goal after the siren stole the win. However, the result was not without […]
Delays, draws and drama as chaos hits in Adelaide
IN a chaotic evening in the City of Churches, the Adelaide Thunderbirds and NSW Swifts have played out a partially-abandoned draw after several delays. After the match was firstly delayed an hour due to court safety, the Swifts were very patient moving it down the court towards attack off their first centre but it was […]
Lightning strike hot to win Battle of the Bruce
THE Queensland Cup headed north up the Bruce Highway after the Sunshine Coast Lightning made it two wins from as many starts in 2023 with a comfortable 10-goal victory over the Queensland Firebirds.vDespite a Queensland resurgence in the second half, the Lightning were dominant enough in the first half that it did not matter. Teams […]
2023 NSL | Round 8 & 9 preview: Double weekend, double trouble
ONE thing that will be hard to do as a fan of British netball is be bored over the next few days, because this weekend is absolutely action packed. Not only is it another double round weekend, but there is absolutely no break between them, so it’s one mixed together weekend. As the last of […]
2023 SSN | Round 2 preview: Double derby delight
AFTER an entertaining opening round last weekend, Round 2 of the Suncorp Super Netball season is set to get underway tomorrow evening. This weekend is full of state derbies with both Queensland and Victoria seeing cross-state rivalries take centre stage. The Battle of the Bruce opens proceedings as the Sunshine Coast Lightning travel down to […]
