PREVIEW | VNL 2024 – New season, new faces, same dream
IT is the most exciting day in the Victorian State netball calendar – the opening round of the Victorian Netball League (VNL) season. In perhaps a case of déjà vu, it is once again the City West Falcons who are the ones to beat in 2024 after defending their title last season. However, there are […]
Back to back for City West
CITY West Falcons won back-to-back premierships in the Victorian Netball League (VNL) championship division after a fourth quarter turnaround, going home victorious by six-goals (54-60). The Falcons came into the game with a lot of confidence. Minor premiers, 18 wins in a row, and the upper hand on Boroondara Express winning both previous encounters. This […]
Flying Falcons look to halt Express in VNL decider
CITY West Falcons are on a red-hot winning streak and will head into tonight’s Victorian Netball League (VNL) grand final as strong favourites. Though the Falcons are on a 18-game winning streak from Round 2 until the semi-final, the post-season series is a different beast and Boroondara Express will give themselves every chance of an […]
2023 VNL | Preliminary Final preview: Cougars and Express face off for grand final spot
GEELONG Cougars and Boroondara Express will face off tonight for a spot in the 2023 Victorian Netball League (VNL) Grand Final. The match takes place from 7pm and will be streamed via the Netball Victoria Facebook page as well as KommunityTV, to determine which side will take on the red-hot City West Falcons. The Cougars […]
Boroondara takes Express route into prelim
BOROONDARA Express capitalised on a fourth quarter lapse from Melbourne University Lightning, which resulted in the Express to coming away eight-goal victors (50-44). By winning the minor semi-final, the Express ended the Lightning’s Victorian Netball League (VNL) season and advanced through to the preliminary final against Geelong Cougars. You could not have written the story […]
VNL 2023 | Round 1 Preview: New season, new opportunities
A NEW season is upon us in the Victorian Netball League (VNL) Championship Division. It has been a long time since last season’s entertaining Grand Final, and finally after what must have felt like a long six month offseason for players and coaches alike, it is finally time to get back into it all over […]
Final fours set for M-League semis
FINALS action gets underway in the Victorian Men’s and Mixed Netball Association (VMMNA) tonight at Parkville, with the knockout semi-finals taking place. Just four teams remain in the race for the title, with the winners advancing through to the grand finals next Wednesday night. PREMIER MEN’S: A new grand finalist will take its place in […]
Vipers strike to cut Quakes’ M-League Mixed run
NNE Vipers have ended the impressive three-game winning streak of Melbourne Quakes in Round 9 of the M-League Premier Mixed competition on Wednesday night. The Vipers, who have had an up and down season to-date, were able to strike at the right time to take control early and maintain that advantage to run out 11-goal […]
Falcons swoop in last to upset reigning premiers
ALTONA Falcons produced a stunning final term to take down M-League Premier Mixed reigning champions Geelong in a memorable one-goal nail-biter. Billed as a top three clash, the Falcons lived up to expectations after losing to Parkville last week, to win 53-52 on Court 6 despite the victors missing plenty of key players. It was […]
Geelong outlasts LTU in M-League shootout
IN the highest scoring match of the season thus far, reigning premiers Geelong was able to knock off fresh face LTU (LaTrobe University) by eight goals. In match that showed just how high-powered the respective attacks – and ball movement from end-to-end was – Geelong got up 78-70 over LTU to get on the board […]
