The Swifts showed why they are top of the ladder on Saturday while Collingwood’s Geva Mentor readied herself for a career milestone.
In a fitting celebration of co-captain Maddy Proud’s 100th game,the Swifts were able to stand strong in the face of a flurry of last-minute Super Shots.
Despite the Swifts and Giants being in strict hotel quarantine while in Queensland last week,their move to Victoria hasn’t gone as planned.
The Super Netball schedule was thrown into chaos on Friday after the West Coast Fever claimed the Melbourne Vixens “refused” to board a flight to Perth for the match.
The NSW Swifts thrashed the Queensland Firebirds in their Super Netball clash at Ken Rosewall Arena.
The Giants planned to celebrate Julie Fitzgerald’s 350th elite coaching game in style with a win but the Sunshine Shine Coast Lightning had other plans.
Giants coach Julie Fitzgerald has partly blamed time spent in hotel isolation during a mentally draining trip to Perth last week for her side’s loss.
Round five saw the Giants forced into five days of hotel quarantine after border restrictions changed while the team was on a flight to Perth.
The NSW Swifts “rediscovered themselves”,running over the top of a fumbly Collingwood to win by nine goals,after Vixen Rahni Samason went from injury substitute to player of the match against the Firebirds.
When Jemma Mi Mi was left on the bench during Indigenous Round last year,it was a PR disaster for netball and a much-needed wake-up call.
The Swifts continued their losing streak against the Sunshine Coast side at USC Stadium on Sunday afternoon.