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2022 Commonwealth Games review: England

AS the curtain closes on another Commonwealth Games, we take a look back at how each of the netballing nations fared in our team-by-team review series. Next up is England, with the reigning Commonwealth Games Gold Medallists unable to repeat the feat of 2018, and went down to first Australia, and then New Zealand, to […]

2022 Commonwealth Games Preview: England

THE 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England are just around the corner. To celebrate, we are previewing each of the competing netball nations and predicting how they might fare in the tournament. Today it is host country and the reigning Commonwealth Games champions, England. The English are under pressure unlike any of their fellow netballing […]

What we learnt: Roses Reunited Series

THERE was plenty to take out of the 2021 Roses Reunited Series, with England defeated Jamaica 2-1 this week. Whilst England comfortably took out the first two games, the Sunshine Girls hit back to grab the last, so what can we take out of the matches. FIVE THINGS WE LEARNT 1 England is a serious […]

Jamaica prune Reunited Roses in final game

IT took until a third game, but Jamaica finally clicked into gear against England, producing the best four-quarter performance of the entire Reunited Roses Series to win by 10 goals. Winning three of the four quarters and getting out to as much as a 13-goal lead at one point, the Sunshine Girls, led by bookends […]

Roses Reunited Series weekend preview: England vs. Jamaica

AFTER England claimed the all-important first game win over Jamaica, the Roses will be out to clean up the series in the final two games. This weekend sees the second and third games of the Roses Reunited Series, which take place on Saturday and Sunday respectively. The first game of the series saw the Roses […]

Head 2 Head: Nations Cup – Round 2

THE second day of games is set to be a big one with Jamaica and New Zealand set to face off while the Spar Proteas will be hoping to claim their first win of the Nations Cup. We take a look at one potential matchup from each game and assess the likely outcome. JAMAICA v. […]

Weekly news wrap: Diamonds win Quad Series; VNSL starts up again

IN this week’s weekly wrap, we take a look at what’s making news in the netball world that we covered on Netball Draft Central.   Vitality Netball Superleague: VNSL PREVIEW: Round 3 By: Sophie Taylor ROUND three of the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) is upon us, and is sure to shake up the competition as […]

Stats Centre: Northern Quad Series by the numbers

IN what was a remarkable two weeks of the Northern Quad Series there was plenty of individual success stories. While the world number ones, Australia took out the title once again, each side had at least one win and a loss, emphasising the tight competition between the four nations ranked in four of the top […]