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New Zealand cop flack after dusty trophy cabinet
WHILE England’s selection decisions for the Taini Jamison Trophy sparked a war of words from Silver Ferns stakeholders, it is now New Zealand that will ponder its next month post-Constellation Cup. After losing the first game to the less experienced Roses, the Silver Ferns bounced back to win the last two and claim the trophy. […]
Roses send shock through New Zealand
THE England Roses ‘B-Team’ has sent shock waves through New Zealand netball getting a nail-biting 54 – 55 goal win over the Silver Ferns in the opening game for the Taini Jamison Trophy series. England entered this test series one of the most internationally inexperienced teams in history with 50 caps compared to New Zealand’s […]
Taini Jamison Trophy 2023 Preview: Series
INTERNATIONAL netball is back this weekend, as New Zealand and England battle it out for the Taini Jamison Trophy. This series has been much talked about in the build up, for both good and bad reasons, but at the end of the day there is still a three match series to be won, and it […]
Taini Jamison Trophy 2023 Preview: England
THIS weekend international netball returns, with the Taini Jamison Trophy being contested again in New Zealand. In the lead up to the series, we here at Rookie Me Central are going to be taking a deep dive into this series, continuing today by taking a look at the visitors England. This is a big […]
Storm serve up 2024 Squad
THE Surrey Storm have also joined the procession of Netball Super League teams revealing their squad for the 2024 season, after making the announcement last week. Unlike many of their rivals, the Storm have managed to keep a large chunk of their 2023 squad at the club for next season. Led again by playing coach […]
Youth the flavour for England ahead of Taini Jamison
THERE is a breath of freshness in the air at England Netball, as the Roses name a very different looking squad for the upcoming Taini Jamison Trophy series against New Zealand. Due to a planned break for those who played at the Netball World Cup, a very different looking Roses squad has been named for […]
2023 Netball World Cup preview: England
THE 2023 Netball World Cup is almost here, and to help count down to the tournament we here at Rookie Me Central will be previewing all the competing teams and seeing how they might fare at the tournament. Today it is the team who hosted the last World Cup, England. HISTORY OF ENGLAND AT THE […]
Stats Central: Post-2023 NSL edition
THE 2023 Netball Super League season came to an entertaining end over the weekend, with the Loughborough Lightning picking up their second title in three years. Now that the dust has settled on another exciting season, it is time to take a look at who the star players were across some of the stat categories […]
2023/24 Roses and Future Roses program revealed
ENGLAND Netball has announced the 24 athletes who will be in the Roses program for 2023/24, with a few new faces among the group. All up, 19 members of the Senior Roses program play in England in the Super League, while two play in the ANZ Premiership in New Zealand and three play in the […]
2023 NSL | Round 18 preview: The end is nigh
THIS weekend may be the third last round of the 2023 Netball Super League regular season, but already we are starting to see parts of the competition wind down for 2023. This weekend hosts the final match the for the Surrey Storm, who then have a two-week break before they are back in action for […]