The Melbourne Vixens and Adelaide Thunderbirds will face off in the Super Netball grand final on Saturday,capping a record-breaking season – and sparking hopes for further club expansion.
A Sophie Garbin goal in the final 30 seconds of the game helped put an end to a Fever scoring spree and secure the Vixens their sixth grand final berth.
Sunshine Coast Lightning played keeping-off in the final 30 seconds of ordinary time,thinking they had a 71-70 lead. But replays later showed the scoreboard was wrong,and they were forced to play extra time.
In a perfect world,Craig Hutchison says it’d take two years to build a sports team to replace Collingwood. He had less than a year to create Super Netball’s Mavericks. And he’s never looked back.
West Coast Fever have kept their hopes alive of going back-to-back after defeating the Melbourne Vixens by seven goals in a do-or-die minor semi-final in Perth and book their spot in the preliminary final.
The daunting prospect of netballers potentially having no income in the months ahead as the protracted battle over a new collective player agreement continues has left them in limbo,Melbourne Vixens star defender Jo Weston says.
Reigning premiers West Coast Fever produced a devastating four-quarter performance to beat the Collingwood Magpies,while Melbourne Vixens edged out the Giants at John Cain Arena on Sunday.
Netball Australia have launched two separate reviews in as many days after controversies marred round two of the Super Netball 2023 season,with one coach left fuming and a captain calling for a better framework to support the growth of the game.
The Collingwood coach was enraged after a controversial ending to the Melbourne derby resulted in her team being overrun by the Melbourne Vixens.
Melbourne Vixens captain Liz Watson tips the Super Netball season,starting March 18,will be especially fierce this year.
Jo Weston has been put into isolation at the Diamonds’ Perth training camp for seven days while the team travels to Birmingham.