2020 SSN: Season preview – Collingwood Magpies
AFTER an extended break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) season is set to commence on August 1. Draft Central takes a look at each team, with Collingwood Magpies up next on the list. Coach: Rob Wright Captain: Geva Mentor and Madi Browne 2019 finish: 4th The Magpies had a strange […]
Top 15 SSN training partners: #4 Brooke Allan
WITH a number of netball leagues across the world being suspended due to COVID-19, the Draft Central team is taking a look at the top 15 training partners stepping up to the Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) plate in 2020. Inside the top five and in at number four is Collingwood defender Brooke Allan. With so […]
Netball fantasy teams: Australia A v. England A
THERE is no denying that both Australia and England have a wealth of talented players coming up through the ranks therefore Draft Central has created two teams filled with players named in each country’s respective development, extended or futures squads and have played less than 15 international caps. Australia A: GK: Tara Hinchliffe GD: Kim […]
Draft Central’s Top 25 International Young Guns countdown – #23/#22
WITH a number of netball leagues across the world being suspended due to COVID-19, the Draft Central team is making a case for the top 25 players under 25-years-old across the netball world. The countdown continues at number 23, with English shooter and recent Roses addition Sophie Drakeford-Lewis along with up and coming Australian defender […]
New Zealand Super Club: Magpies claim crown over Mystics
COLLINGWOOD Magpies have become the first non New Zealand-based side to take out the Super Club competition title, defeating Northern Mystics by seven goals yesterday. It was a tight affair throughout the contest, with the Magpies increasing the lead by a goal each term, before enjoying a bit more freedom in the last to secure […]
New Zealand Super Club: Collingwood Magpies vs. Northern Mystics preview
AFTER a week of hotly contested action in New Zealand, Collingwood Magpies and Northern Mystics will face off in a do-or-die clash tonight at the Trafalgar Centre. The game will see a number of tantalising head-to-head matchups, but none more so than that of Geva Mentor and Grace Nweke. Mentor is considered the world’s best […]
New Zealand Super Club: Semi-finals preview
WITH bragging rights on the line in the semi-finals of the New Zealand Super Club, expect all four teams to come out with a real fire in the belly and intensity. The Magpies are the only international invitee to make the cut after not dropping a game throughout the tournament while the Pulse, Magic and […]
New Zealand Super Club wrap: Day 3
COLLINGWOOD Magpies’ experience in the Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) showed on Day 3 of the New Zealand Super Club series, winning their final game of the group stage to finish on top, while a dominant display from Central Pulse over the previously undefeated Southern Steel sent a message to the rest of the competition. Northern […]
New Zealand Super Club wrap: Day 2
IT was an action packed Day 2 of the Super Club tournament with the Central Pulse getting on the board with a convincing win over Vitality Super Netball League team Wasps Netball. Collingwood Magpies kept their winning streak alive notching up another victory while the Southern Steel and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic also registered […]
New Zealand Super Club wrap: Day 1
DAY 1 of the New Zealand Super Club tournament saw some surprise losses and the rise of young stars putting their name on the international netball map. The Magpies got their campaign off to a hot start in the first game of the series while fellow international invitees the Wasps did not have the same […]
