Clinical Roses dominate Jamaica to claim series
ENGLAND Roses have sent a message to the rest of the netballing world with a dominant 19-goal win over Jamaica overnight to secure the Roses Reunited series. The Roses were coming off a strong performance against the Sunshine Girls last week, but showed no mercy early as they piled on 35 goals to 19 by […]
Vitality Roses Reunited preview: England to host Jamaica
THE long-awaited Vitality Roses Reunited series has finally arrived, with a huge three test series between the England Roses and Jamaican Sunshine Girls set to unfold over the next week. With the first test playing out this weekend in London and the second third following up in a week’s time in Nottingham, expect plenty of […]
South Africa pulls out of tri-series with Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago
WITH the Margaret Beckford Sunshine Series between Jamaica, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago expected to be in full bloom from this Sunday, October 10, the South African Spar Proteas have made the difficult decision to call off their trip to Jamaica citing continued COVID-19 concerns. Instead, the Jamaican Sunshine Girls and Trinidad and Tobago […]
Top of the tables: Who are the top international midcourt prospects?
WITH the three major netball competitions – Suncorp Super Netball (SSN), ANZ Premiership and Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) – done and dusted for the year, it is time to delve into the top prospects from around the courts. In our next edition, Draft Central will look into the most threatening defenders from the three major competitions […]
Memorable Matches: Sunshine Girls defeat Silver Ferns – 2018 Comm Games
WITH netball taking a back seat to coronavirus in 2020, Draft Central is taking a look at memorable matches in world netball history. Next up is Jamaica’s bronze medal win over New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, after missing out on the gold medal match by the slimmest of margins. It was a period […]
Fantasy teams: New Zealand A v. Jamaica
NEW Zealand have steadily developed the next tier of players over the past couple of years with coach Noeline Taurua taking a clear look to the future of the Silver Ferns as shown with the New Zealand A team. Pitted up against a developing yet strong Jamaican team the battle sees a variety of up […]
Memorable Matches: South Africa defeat Jamaica – NWC 2019
WITH netball taking a back seat to coronavirus in 2020, Draft Central is taking a look at memorable matches in world netball history. Next up is South Africa SPAR Proteas’ stellar three goal victory over Jamaica at the 2019 Netball World Cup. Then world number two nation, Jamaica lost to the Spar Proteas for only […]
2020 Nations Cup: Breakout performances
THE Nations Cup brought plenty of excitement with each nation boasting very talented line-ups filled with a host of young up and coming prospects. We take a look at each country and identify one key player that made a name for themselves on the international stage throughout the competition. England – Eleanor Cardwell (GS/GA) In […]
2020 Nations Cup: Jamaica stuns a stacked South African side
South Africa (54) defeated by Jamaica (59) It was a frantic final minute with South Africa looking to do the unthinkable and snatch victory from Jamaica, but the Sunshine Girls stood strong securing a four-goal win to kick start their international campaign. Jamaica flew out of the blocks early pushing their opposition into chase position […]
2020 Nations Cup Preview: Jamaica
WITH the Nations Cup set to commence on Sunday we take a look at how each team is faring up heading into the first international tournament of 2020. It is the inaugural time this competition will take place with England, South Africa, Jamaica and New Zealand all set to do battle in hope to claim […]
