The Melbourne Vixens have work ahead if they are to successfully defend their Super Netball title,while Collingwood also fell in their season-opener.
Collingwood have parted ways with coach Rob Wright after a disappointing 2020 Super Netball season.
Queensland Firebirds coach Roselee Jencke has maintained that optimal team performance justified the decision not to play Super Netball's only Indigenous athlete,Jemma Mi Mi,at all during last week's Indigenous round.
With a newborn son and a new job,Collingwood netball Natalie Medhurst's retirement was hardly a surprise,but she almost made it back on court this season and that's impressive.
Some athletes get a tap on the shoulder when it's time to retire. Netballer Madi Browne received a note from her right knee.
The Magpies were without key player Madi Browne for the clash,replaced by Molly Jovic as starting centre,and felt her absence strongly despite her deputy's efforts.
The Magpies could have jumped the Fever and moved into fifth place on Tuesday night,instead a'disaster'first half saw them lose and fall further off the pace.
Coach Briony Akle says her Swifts have work to do after"getting out of jail"against the Collingwood Magpies.
Collingwood co-captain Geva Mentor has called for an attitude adjustment from her struggling Magpies as they look to arrest at 1-4 start to Super Netball.
Adelaide Thunderbirds roared out to a big start and Collingwood couldn't recover as the Magpies fell to their fourth loss of the Super Netball season.
A desperate comeback effort from Collingwood wasn't enough to stop the West Coast Fever.