Super subs shine as Diamonds dig deep for Gold
IT WAS a history-making night for Australian netball as the world number one Diamonds clinched Commonwealth Gold by turning the tables on a brave Jamaican outfit by just four goals. In what was to become their nation’s 1000th Gold Medal at a Commonwealth Games, Australia also became the first nation to win the Gold after […]
Sunshine Girls make history as Wales, Proteas win
IT WAS a jam-packed day of netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with three matches played to complete the Pool stage of the event. By far the biggest result was the unbelievable performance of Jamaica who made history by defeating Australia for the first time at a Commonwealth Games, coming from the clouds to win […]
Australia and Jamaica book semi-final spots
THOUGH it always seemed like fait accompli, Australia and Jamaica have officially qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games semi-finals. Winning their penultimate Pool A matches overnight means both nations have gone 4-0 and cannot be knocked out of the semi-finals places. In eerily similar scorelines, the Diamonds and Sunshine Girls defeated Wales and Scotland by […]
2022 Commonwealth Games Preview: Jamaica
THE 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England and just around the corner. To celebrate, we are previewing each of the competing netball nations and predicting how they might fare in the tournament. Today it is Jamaica, who won bronze last time around at the Commonwealth Games. After winning bronze at the last two consecutive games, […]
Four teams, two games, one dream
IT is finals time in the Suncorp Super Netball, as the final four teams left are all striving towards the same goal – to become 2022 Premiers. This weekend is the first of this year’s finals series, where we find out one half of the grand final equation, while also saying goodbye to another team. […]
Epic Melbourne Derby sees both teams go home smiling
IN an epic second Melbourne Derby of 2022, the Melbourne Vixens may have won in a nail biter but the Collingwood Magpies went home smiling too because they will be playing finals in 2022. It was a nail biting affair for much of the afternoon which befitted the occasion and what was at stake, but […]
Collingwood keeps finals hopes alive
THE final game of Round 13 of Suncorp Super Netball was a tight as the ones that preceded it, with Collingwood securing a crucial win the Sunshine Coast Lightning 68-60. A tight affair for much of the match, the win was a crucial one for Collingwood’s finals chances, as they now sit in fourth with […]
Tale of two halves sees Collingwood too Swift for NSW
IT was not the milestone match Maddy Turner would have liked, as her NSW Swifts went down to the Collingwood Magpies by eight goals, 66-58. The match was a tale of two halves, with the Swifts the more dominant side in the first half before Collingwood turned things around in the second. The communication in […]
Apple Isle gets a taste of SSN action
AMONG the Round 9 highlights in this week’s Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) action is a game in Tasmania, as the Collingwood Magpies and Queensland Firebirds travel down to the Apple Isle on Sunday afternoon. We preview the four upcoming clashes. Sunshine Coast Lightning vs West Coast FeverSaturday, 5pm AESTUSC Stadium This weekend’s task is a […]
Red-hot Swifts break drought against Magpies
REIGNING premiers NSW Swifts have racked up their first Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) win of 2022, defeating the winless Collingwood Magpies by 11 goals. The Round 3 result meant the Swifts finally got on the board this year after back-to-back losses – largely due to injuries and COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols – whilst the […]
