‘Be like Liz’: How Mi Mi is living her dream alongside her hero
Growing up Leesa Mi Mi was told to ‘be like Liz’ and it worked with the rising star now playing alongside her childhood hero, Liz Watson, at the Sunshine Coast Lightning.
Netball
Revealed: Every Super Netball club’s First Nations round dress
Take a look at all eight Super Netball club’s First Nations round dress that they will take to the court in across rounds seven and eight.
Netball’s significant step towards addressing First Nations marginalisation
The Black Swans program has been described as a “great start” to addressing the underrepresentation of First Nations players, but it is just that, a starting point. EMMA GREENWOOD speaks to two of netball’s most influential voices for their people about the pathways concept.
The ‘itch’ Mavericks want to scratch in Super Netball debut
Melbourne Mavericks coach Tracey Neville is not in the business of just making up the numbers. And neither are the players she recruited for the inaugural Super Netball side.
Super Netball welcome change in leaders for embattled sport
Australia’s netballers want to engage the sport’s new leaders as key stakeholders as the game looks to heal the wounds of last year’s bitter pay war.
Net Gains: Why Price suspension could open the flood gates
After six rounds the season has its first suspension under the new rules, EMMA GREENWOOD writes it could be the first of many, as she wraps up another huge Super Netball round in Net Gains.
Swifts’ huge derby win overshadowed by controversy
The NSW Swifts’ season looks to be back on track after a massive win over the Giants, as the Mavericks win again, while the Lightning also looks to have turned the corner.
Not just for bragging rights: Sydney derby could shape finals
Despite it being just round six of the Super Netball season, both the Giants and Swifts know a win in Sunday’s derby will go a long way to making the finals after a disappointing start to the year.
Former Diamonds captain elected Netball Australia chair
What a difference the space of a month, even a fortnight makes, in the world of netball, with Liz Ellis elected to chair the Netball Australia board.
Watson ‘desperate’ to put an end to Vixens’ unbeaten streak
Liz Watson is set to face the side she captained for the first time since dramatically leaving, adding another layer to an already huge clash, with a win crucial to getting the Lightning’s season back on track.
Legendary Kiwi coach to join Swifts in Super Netball coup
One of netball’s greatest coaches will join the NSW Swifts next week for a short-term specialist consultancy in a coup for the Super Netball club.
Netball fight back from crippling debt, Super Netball preview and tips
Netball Australia is confident it is working back to financial health after posting a surplus once again, and reveals a timeline to pay down debt that once threatened to cripple the game. Read more including this weekend’s Super Netball preview.
Alexander: How Lightning can turn around rocky start to season
There was a lot of pre-season hype around the Lightning but the ‘Dream Team’ has notched up one win from five games. Former Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander analyses what’s gone wrong.
Sacrifices that made mum of two’s Super Netball dream a reality
After years juggling childcare and school runs, Hulita Veve thought it was time to give up on the dream. Then came a life-changing phone call.
Why Ellis must lead Netball Australia board
After appointing a new CEO last week, Netball Australia will change chair following this week’s AGM. Here’s why the organisation must look to a former Diamonds captain to steer the ship.
Net Gains: Scoring farce embarrasses ‘world’s best league’
Round five of the Super Netball season had it all, embarrassing controversies, strange selection decisions, a sensational debut and more. EMMA GREENWOOD breaks it all down in NET GAINS.
‘Failures in our system’: How SSN scoring error fell through the cracks
NA has conceded failures within its system allowed Saturday night’s dramatic scoring error to take place, giving the Giants its first win of the season, but it wasn’t the only time this round it happened.
Vixens remain undefeated thanks to uncharacteristic misses from Swifts
The NSW Swifts will come to rue their misses when the game was up for grabs late in the final term, with the Melbourne Vixens able to hold on and maintain its undefeated start to the Super Netball season.
‘Probably done’: Melbourne Vixens’ defender’s Diamonds’ call
Three years ago Vixens defender Emily Mannix fell out of love with the sport. Since then, the goal keeper has rebuilt her confidence and is shining in the Vixens’ unbeaten start to the season.
‘Not valued’: Why Shimona Jok was ready to walk away
Goal shooter Shimona Jok felt she had been ‘thrown out the door’ by netball and was ready to turn her back on the sport for good, until she received a lifeline from the league’s newest team.
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