The reluctant face of netball’s pay war
In just a few weeks Annie Miller went from being a professional athlete to unemployed without a home — and despite all that she has no doubts about the players’ stance in the pay dispute.
In just a few weeks Annie Miller went from being a professional athlete to unemployed without a home — and despite all that she has no doubts about the players’ stance in the pay dispute.
Australian women’s cricket captain Alyssa Healy has spoken out in favour of the nation’s elite netballers – and she’s putting her money where her mouth is.
They won the World Cup just two months ago but the Diamonds are not content to stand still. They open up on the brutal training regime that is driving a ‘Holy Grail’ clean sweep of New Zealand.
Romelda Aiken-George is set to link with a new Super Netball club and extend her brilliant career, writes LINDA PEARCE.
SHE might be the Diamonds’ No. 1 enemy after netting England’s winning goal at the Comm Games but to the Swifts, Helen Housby can help shoot them to new success in Super Netball.
FORMER Diamond Kim Green will make her long-awaited return to the game court against a team she could hardly bare to watch in last year’s Super Netball Grand Final.
SYDNEY has been overlooked as a hosting city for upcoming international netball matches with a replay of the Commonwealth Games gold medal match between England and Australia to be played in Newcastle.
It was as shocking as Australia’s upset loss to England in the battle for Commonwealth Games netball gold – New Zealand’s non-appearance on the medal podium.
THE NSW Swifts have completed match preparations for the upcoming Super Netball season with a draw against Melbourne Vixens which they are quite chuffed about.
AUSTRALIA went in as favourites but a new script was written in world netball at the Commonwealth Games in a thriller that will go down in history.
NETBALLER Sharni Layton says she has felt “really alone at times’’, breaking down as she talks about a “mental health injury” which has sidelined her for the Commonwealth Games.
AUSTRALIAN netball coach Lisa Alexander is expecting old foes New Zealand to perform far better than anyone expects at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
THEY are the team touted as the most likely to cause an upset at the Commonwealth Games but the NSW Swifts have beaten England in a major upset.
NETBALL captain Abbey McCulloch says the most professional off-season in the clubs history and the “tough love” of a new coach is transforming the Swifts to Super Netball contenders in 2018.
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