‘Resolve it please’: Netball matriarch calls for end to pay war
As netball’s industrial dispute continues, playing and coaching legend Joyce Brown has called for a truce for the good of the sport, writes LINDA PEARCE.
As netball’s industrial dispute continues, playing and coaching legend Joyce Brown has called for a truce for the good of the sport, writes LINDA PEARCE.
Matilda Garrett famously dodged calls from Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich earlier this year. When her next step towards an Australian debut arrived, she was again completely caught out.
Australia put themselves in a great position to grab a win on the road in New Zealand, then they got the wobbles. The Diamonds still won the series, but what’s next for this group?
The Diamonds have suffered a second successive defeat to their old rivals in the final match of the Constellation Cup.
Defending premiers West Coast Fever flexed their muscle in a comprehensive win over Collingwood, and the Vixens held off the Giants in another thriller.
Emerging netball star Donnell Wallam has done it again, pulling off a spectacular goal that’s already been called “one of the best ever”.
The Vixens surged back to defeat the Giants in last year’s preliminary final, a moment that proved to be a turning point for Melbourne’s star defender, Emily Mannix.
Eight months ago, Romelda Aiken George was dumped by the Firebirds after 14 years. She was pregnant and deemed ‘a risk’. In a twist of fate, she’s set to face the old club for her 200th.
A lack of professionalism in netball is a frustration that is felt all too often by those who love the sport, writes former Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander.
A review has ruled that officials erred twice in the crucial dying stages of the Vixens-Magpies derby. And Super Netball has apologised.
Australian netball legend Cath Cox has called for a controversial result to be “overruled” as Super Netball reels from a disastrous weekend.
Super Netball’s inability to deal with controversy is ‘staggering’, as players call for change amid another review into the calamitous weekend round of matches, Emma Greenwood writes.
Super Netball has been rocked by yet another stuff-up in round one, with one coach fuming at her side being ‘completely robbed’.
Not one, but two chaotic ends to this weekend’s games have thrown the Super Netball competition into chaos, writes Emma Greenwood.
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