Netballer Jamie-Lee Price tackling rugby league father Steve Price’s sport
She comes from a rugby league family so it’s no surprise this Australian netballer has put in an order for a pair of football boots.
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She is the daughter of a former rugby league star who has never shown any real interest in playing the game which made her father a household name in NRL. Until now.
But Diamonds netballer Jamie-Lee Price isn’t eyeing off a code swap, she simply plans on using rugby league to stay fit during coronavirus isolation.
In fact Price has already put in an order for football boots.
But the Australian defensive midcourt star, who lives in Sydney’s inner west and trains at Sydney Olympic Park isn’t contemplating a change of code – she is simply looking for a way of staying fit and active while isolating on the Sunshine Coast with her family.
Price’s father Steve is the general manager of football at the Canterbury Bulldogs and made the decision to relocate his family to Queensland during the crisis as it is closer to family and old friends.
“Right now I’m with mum and dad in isolation for 14 days because we just came from New South Wales,” said Price, who plays for the Giants in Super Netball and is on leave for a fortnight before taking a 70 per cent pay following the delay of the Super Netball season until at least June 30.
“I’m heaps lucky to be with them. To have their help,” she said.
“I have actually ordered football boots from ASICS so when I’m allowed to go out to like a field or a football park or something, I can run in some footy boots and not fall over.”
And while she may eventually be able to kick and throw the football with her father for exercise, she doesn’t expect him to be helping her with her netball skills.
“I’ve got mum for that. She was the netballer,” Price said.
While she understands the postponement of the season and strict isolation measures now in place are necessary, Price is still missing her netball after a preseason which started well prior to Christmas.
“We’ve had like the world’s longest preseason and then getting told that we might not even play this year or we might just get pushed back, it’s all so unknown and a bit disappointing,” she said.
“But obviously everyone’s in the same boat. We’re not the only ones missing out on what we love to do so we just have to get on with it.
“I don’t care in what format it is, as long as we get to play some sort of netball it would be great.”