2025 Marie Little Shield live stream: How to watch every match from the tournament
As predicted, powerhouses Victoria and NSW have played off for the gold medal at the Marie Little Shield. Find out who else took the spoils on the final day of competition. REPLAYS.
A steely New South Wales defence has kept Victoria scoreless in the final quarter to storm home over the top and claim gold at the 2025 Marie Little Shield.
Trailing 8-9 at three-quarter-time, the Blues shut down Victoria while scoring four goals to run away with the contest at Nissan Arena in Brisbane.
Victoria held a slender one-goal lead for the first three quarters but simply couldn’t find the net as the clock ticked down in the last term.
In contrast to the high scoring from both teams leading into the grand final, the game revolved staunch defence, with both enjoying periods of ascendancy.
It seemed only fitting that the tournament’s two benchmark states played off for the gold medal. Both teams had dominated the previous two days.
DAY THREE REPLAYS
SHOW COURT
Victoria v New South Wales
Watch the full replay in the player above.
Queensland v Tasmania
Western Australia v Victoria
NT v QLD
COURT 4
Western Australia v South Australia
Northern Territory v ACT
New South Wales v South Australia
Tas v ACT
Similar to the previous day’s superiority, the Blues and the Vics comfortably accounted for their respective semi-final opponents. New South Wales thumping South Australia 27-10 and the Victorians way too good against Western Australia for a 22-7 scoreline.
In the other minor semi-finals, Tasmania swept aside the ACT 24-10, while Queensland made easy work on the Northern Territory, winning 22-6.
In the minor playoffs, Northern Territory edged out the ACT for 7th place, winning 10-7. Tasmania came up trumps against Queensland 12-10 to claim fifth place.
In the bronze medal decider, South Australia pulled away from Western Australia in the second half to claim a 21-14 victory.
Ahead narrowly at halftime, the South Australians blew the contest wide open with 8-2 third quarter before both sides matched strides in the last.
DAY 3 PREVIEW
New South Wales and Victoria will head into the final day of the 2025 Marie Little Shield as equal favourites for the crown after dominating performances on Saturday.
The two powerhouse states remain the competition’s only undefeated sides after they knocked off the previously unbeaten Western Australia and South Australia, respectively, on day two.
They’ll start favourites in their respective semi-final clashes, with NSW to face South Australia and Victoria to face Western Australia in a flip of their match-ups on Saturday.
Sunday will play host to both the gold medal and bronze medal match-ups, with the four semi-final matches set to kick off proceedings from 8.30am.
DAY 2 PREVIEW
The action at the 2025 Marie Little Shield is certain to go up a gear on day two, with a number of undefeated sides set to face off.
After an opening day full of lopsided results on Friday, Saturday’s fixture ensures to be one full of much tighter affairs across the board.
Undefeated states New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia will all be gunning to keep their records intact from 9am.
NSW will face WA in the day’s opening contest before Victoria and SA meet at 10.30am.
DAY 2 REPLAYS
SHOW COURT
SA v ACT
WA v Tasmania
Tasmania v NT
ACT v Queensland
COURT 4
Victoria v Queensland
NSW v NT
Victoria v SA
NSW v WA
DAY 1 WRAP AND REPLAYS
The 2025 Marie Little Shield appears to be a four-state race after Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia ended the opening day with 2-0 records.
In what was a day full of lopsided results, it was the above four states that made early statements ahead of meeting each other on Saturday.
New South Wales kicked off the proceedings with a huge 46-0 win over the ACT before Western Australia proved too strong for Queensland in a 30-7 result.
Victoria and South Australia then produced strong defensive games to knock off Tasmania and the Northern Territory respectively to round out round 1.
Round 2 kicked off with another big NSW win – 38-2 against Queensland – while WA impressed against the ACT.
Victoria then accounted for the NT 38-6 and South Australia knocked off Tasmania 30-5.
It means Saturday’s match-ups shape to be much closer affairs with NSW to face WA in the day’s opening contest before Victoria and SA meet at 10.30am.
Catch all Friday’s replays below and tune in from 9am on Saturday for day 2 action.
DAY 1 REPLAYS
SHOW COURT
SA v Tasmania
WA v ACT
NT v SA
Queensland v WA
COURT 4
Victoria v NT
NSW v Queensland
Tasmania v Victoria
ACT v NSW
PREVIEW
The Marie Little Shield returns to KommunityTV screens in 2025 on Friday with eight matches to begin the tournament.
The shield is Netball Australia’s premier national competition for women with an intellectual disability.
Netball NSW will aim to defend its national title from last year when the tournament takes over Brisbane’s Nissan Arena from September 5-7.
KommunityTV’s exclusive live stream coverage will include every match from the tournament and will be completely free to view for netball fans.
Netball Australia CEO Stacey West said the tournament is a cornerstone event on the calendar that reflects netball’s ongoing commitment to inclusion and accessibility.
“Last year’s Marie Little Shield was unforgettable, seeing every state and territory represented for the first time, including the debut of Tasmania, was incredibly moving,” West said.
“Marie Little Shield continues to grow each year, reinforcing the importance of pathways for all-abilities athletes and promoting equality and diversity across the netball landscape.
“The energy, the pride, the connection among athletes, families, and supporters is a reminder of the power of truly inclusive sport.”
The tournament, which was introduced in 2013, was named after inspiring netball administrator Marie Little OAM. Little dedicated her life to improving opportunities for people with an intellectual disability.
The Marie Little Shield carries on her legacy by providing an opportunity for female athletes with an intellectual disability to compete at the national level and pull on their state colours with pride.
The tournament will feature representative teams from all eight Australian states and territories with a round robin competition followed by a finals series and medal matches.
NSW won the gold medal last year after defeating rivals Victoria in a five-goal thriller in the gold medal showdown.
Both states had finished the pool stages undefeated and made short work of their rivals in the semi-finals stage before meeting in a defensive classic in the decider.
Netball South Australia was one of the surprise packets of last year’s Shield, pushing both NSW and Victoria to the limit in the pool stages, before finishing with the bronze medal following a big win over Western Australia.
