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 – bar the Melbourne Vixens’ late announcement on Friday signing Kaylia Stanton and Ruby Barkmeyer – and discussed what the Adelaide Thunderbirds defensive unit could look like without Layla Guscoth. While there was no Centre Pass Podcast episode this week, we had a look back at our episode featuring former Australian Diamonds coach, Lisa Alexander.
AUSTRALIA:
2020 Suncorp Super Netball positional analysis:
Dwan v. Horjus // Simpson v. Parmenter
Top 5 SSN debutants:
#5 Emma Cosh // #4 Molly Jovic // #3 Georgie Horjus // #2 Sunday Aryang // #1 Tippah Dwan
SSN Updates:
Movers and changers // SSN: Update of finalised squads for 2021 season // How could the Thunderbirds defensive unit look in 2021?
ENGLAND:
Feature on Strathclyde Sirens’ head coach Lesley MacDonald
CENTRE PASS PODCAST:
Latest episode – Madi Browne’s move and SSN transfer news
Lisa Alexander interview and SSN semi-finals
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