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Diamonds crush Gems as Jamaica quells Wales

AUSTRALIA and Jamaica got their quests for Commonwealth Games golds off to the perfect start, winning their expected first-up Pool A matches. The Diamonds crushed an inexperienced Barbados – in a battle of the top-ranked netball nation up against the lowest ranked one – while the Sunshine Girls shook off an early fight from Wales […]

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, […]

2022 SSN Season Review: Collingwood Magpies

THE 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season has come to an end, so let us now take a look back at each team’s season in retrospect. Today’s team in review is the Collingwood Magpies, who finished fourth in 2022. Despite the slow start to the season, once they really got going Collingwood did not let their […]

GIANTS effort ensures season stays alive

AFTER contending with everything the Collingwood Magpies threw at them, the GIANTS took out Sunday’s Super Netball semi-final 55-48, to keep their season alive. It was a contest of seesawing momentum shifts, and despite the seven-goal final margin, the result went down to the wire. The GIANTS were led by some exceptional work from Maddie […]

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 […]

SSN Stats Check: Round 13 2022

As the Suncorp Super Netball competition heads into the final round of the season, let us take a look at who the key stats leaders are at the moment. Offensive Goals As she has done so all year, Jhaniele Fowler leads the single point goal tally and by a long way. Her current tally is […]

Magpies the victim of a GIANT comeback in Tassie

GIANTS Netball have jumped up into the top four of the Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) ladder with a win over Collingwood Magpies 69-60. It was the GIANTS’ 11th straight win against the Magpies, while it was Collingwood’s first loss in Tasmania ever. A remarkable second half comeback from the GIANTS saw them come from 11 […]

Magpies do it in style on the Apple Isle

COLLINGWOOD continues to keep pace with the top four, after defeating the Queensland Firebirds 71-67 in Tasmania on the weekend. The final margin did not reflect how dominant the Magpies were at times, but at the same time hardly does justice to the Firebirds’ incredible late comeback. Collingwood got the jump and raced ahead to […]

SSN Stats Leaders – Round 8 2022

THE 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season is heading into its second half, so let us take another look at who the stats leaders are at the moment. Shooting Goals As she has all season, it is still Jhaniele Fowler who leads the way in terms of most goals scored. She has been so dominant this […]

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