Live stream: How to watch every match from Marie Little Shield, who are the contenders
It was billed as a showdown between the two Marie Little Shield powerhouses, but one side had other ideas at the national netball championships. Watch all four play-off REPLAYS.
New South Wales’ dominance of the Marie Little Shield has shown no sign of abating with a comfortable victory over reigning champions Victoria in the final.
Quick out of the blocks, the Blues were always in control with a five-goal buffer or thereabouts throughout as they ran out 18-13 victors.
Leading 10-5 at the half, NSW maintained the status quo all the way to the presentation podium.
DAY THREE REPLAYS
COURT 2
NSW v VIC (Gold match)
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SA v WA (Bronze match)
Queensland v Northern Territory - (5th-Place Play-Off)
TAS V ACT - (7th-Place Play-Off)
In the bronze medal match, South Australia blitzed Western Australia to the tune of 16 goals as they blew up away their rivals with a big second half on their way to a 31-15 victory.
Queensland was too strong the Northern Territory in the fifth place play-off, wining 20-9, while Tasmania beat the ACT in a low-scoring affair for seventh place, taking out the contest 10-6.
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PREVIEW
Perennial heavyweights New South Wales is the team to beat after dominating their way to the Marie Little Shield final.
But they will have to overcome the reigning champions to turn their outstanding run at the tournament into a championship.
NSW defeated Western Australia 38-8 in the semi final to seal their spot in the decider, while Victoria overcame a tough South Australian side 12-8 in the other semi.
Their clash will headline another big day of netball from Nissan Arena in the last day of competition.
DAY 2 REPLAYS
COURT 2
Victoria v South Australia
NT v Tasmania
NSW v Queensland
Victoria v NT
NSW v SA
Victoria v WA
COURT 3
NSW v WA
ACT v Queensland
SA v Tasmania
WA v ACT
ACT v NT
Tasmania v Queensland
DAY 1 REVIEW
Victoria has made a bulldozing start to its Marie Little Shield title defence while perrennial heavyweights New South Wales flexed their muscle on a massive opening day of the national tournament in Brisbane.
Victoria blazed out of the blocks against a willing Tasmanian side, winning 49-8 before backing that result up in the afternoon with an impressive 33-4 triumph over Queensland.
Queensland had earlier taken the fight to rivals Western Australia, but ultimately fell 31-10 in their tournament opener.
Western Australia made it two-from-two to start the tournament, backing up that effort with a 38-2 win over Tasmania to set up an exciting final round clash with fellow undefeated rivals Victoria.
South Australia also finished the opening day of the tournament undefeated, with the red army picking up a 40-3 win over the NT before taking down the ACT 53-2.
They will take on a rampant New South Wales side who scored a combined 96 goals in their opening two games of the tournament, with big wins over both the NT and ACT as well.
The tournament continues with third round matches on Saturday morning, before a pool cross-over round and into the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon.
DAY 1 REPLAYS
Court 2
NSW v NT
Victoria v Queensland
ACT v NSW
Tasmania v Victoria
Court 3
SA v ACT
WA v Tasmania
NT v SA
Queensland v WA
PREVIEW
The Marie Little Shield is back and bigger than ever before.
The national championships offer the opportunity for athletes with an intellectual impairment to compete on the biggest stage.
For the first time every match of the Marie Little Shield will be exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV, and it will all be for FREE.
We are tearing down the paywall for this event, putting the best netballers front and centre for the nation to see.
It is not the only first for the annual tournament, with representatives from all eight states and territories set to compete for the first time in the Shield’s 12-year history.
All the action will take place from Nissan Arena in Brisbane from September 6-8.
HOW TO WATCH
Every match of the Marie Little Shield will be live streamed exclusively in the video player above, with replays from each day available on demand at the conclusion of play.
Make sure to check out the live stream schedule above to know when your team will take the court, and when you need to tune in across the weekend.
Bookmark this page to return for the games, or head to www.kommunitytv.com.au and watch along with the video player on the homepage.
WHO ARE THE CONTENDERS
With every state involved for the first time, it has the possibility of throwing a real spanner in the works in the hunt for the Shield.
Rachael Potter will return to the championships with her gold medal winning Victorian side from last year with history on their minds.
The Victorians proved too strong for NSW in the final last year, and will be determined to clinch back-to-back Marie Little Shield titles for the first time.
But they will have their work cut out for them being joined by tournament hosts Queensland, Western Australia and MLS first-timers Tasmania in Group A.
Perennial contenders NSW will head up Group B which features South Australia, Northern Territory and the ACT.
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