VNSL Semi-Finals preview: Final four face off
IT is now or never for the four Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) finalists, with the knockout semi-finals taking place tonight at Sir David Wallace Arena. Ladder leaders Manchester Thunder went undefeated throughout the 2022 season, and will be strong favourites against fourth placed Team Bath, the first of two semi-finals at the arena. The second […]
VNSL 2022 Team Preview: London Pulse
A SEASON is a long time in netball, and it is fair to say that a large chunk of the London Pulse starting seven might be unrecognisable. Similarly, finding the right seven and sticking with it looms as the first challenge of the 2022 Pulse side. They have been able to recruit former Australian Diamonds […]
Thistles bloom to dominate opening test with Barbados
IT was a performance that ex-Diamonds coach and commentator Lisa Alexander deemed worthy of a “top five” nation. Scotland fans were certainly able to head home happy after their Thistles dominated Barbados by 42 goals in the first of two tests between the nations. The eighth ranked nation under coach Tamsin Greenway never looked like […]
2020 wrap: Centre Pass Podcast
THE 2020 netball year was wildly interrupted, but that did not stop the Centre Pass Podcast team from putting out a whopping 38 episodes throughout the year. With more interviews than ever, a couple of midweek special episodes and the recently completed Fantasy Netball Draft, the team did not stop throughout the year supplying netball […]
This week in netball: SSN debutant countdown concludes, Guscoth announces return to UK
THIS week on Draft Central, we finished off our countdown of the top 15 Suncorp Super Netball debutants in season 2020, as well as beginning a new positional analysis series which delves into comparisons of SSN players in their specific position. We also continued to track all the movers and shakers of the past week […]
Centre Pass Podcast: Netball to return and international competition updates
WITH Suncorp Super Netball set to return on August 1, Centre Pass Podcast host Jarrad Gardner and presenters Taylah Melki and Sophie Taylor discuss netball’s much anticipated return while also diving into the ramifications of having no Australian Netball League (ANL) in 2020. In the second episode of the year, the team also chats about the […]
Netball Australia partners with NETFIT to bring netball into homes
IN the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic there are few bright signs in sport at the moment with many competitions around the country – and indeed, the world – being delayed until further notice. But while other sports have left it there, Netball Australia has partnered with NETFIT Netball to bring free netball fitness programs […]
SSN All-Stars prove no match for Diamonds in Bushfire Relief game
THE Diamonds claimed victory over the Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) All-Stars (66-53) in the Netball Bushfire Relief game. Australia’s strong connections down court proved to be the difference between the two teams with their ability to weave their way down the court and use their change of speed to exploit the All-Stars side. Despite having […]
Who steps up? Potential Diamonds coaches
WITH Lisa Alexander and Netball Australia parting ways today, the hunt for a new Diamonds coach is underway. There is no shortage of candidates willing and able to take a shot at the top job. Here are some of our potential coaches: FOR MORE NETBALL CONTENT, JOIN OUR NETBALL DRAFT CENTRAL FACEBOOK GROUP Briony Akle: […]
Netball Bushfire Relief teams announced in all-star clash
THE teams every netball fan in Australia has been waiting for were announced early today, with the Australian Diamonds taking on a Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) All-Stars side to raise money for bushfire relief across the nation. The Diamonds side is largely the same as its Constellation Cup outfit, with recently retired Caitlin Thwaites named, […]
