Netball

Fitness Still Problematic Among Silver Ferns

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is still not happy with her players’ level of fitness. Taurua has been calling for greater levels of alignment with fitness ideals for quite some time now, and to the point that she sent five players home from a training camp earlier this year. ….

Jo Morrison Appointed Steel Assistant Coach

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have named a new assistant coach in former Silver Fern and England international Jo Morrison. Morrison, who is widely regarded one of netball’s best, will soon be tasked with mentoring and guiding Southern Steel’s brand spanking new lineup of attack made up of England ….

Caitlin Bassett Eyeing 2021 NZ Domestic Comp

Word on the street is that Australian netball skipper Caitlin Basset, in an attempt to keep her professional career alive, is eyeing New Zealand’s 2021 domestic competition. Having only played a single game out of four in recent Super Netball games for the Giants, Bassett is now forced to look ….

Silver Ferns Hoping To Host England Or Australia

New Zealand’s Silver Ferns say they’re positively holding out for international games played opposite either Australia or England in November – right here at home. Not only has Netball New Zealand been in constant talks with England Netball and Netball Australia over the course of recent months, specifically regarding the ….

Pedersen On Depression And Helping Others

Tactix star midcourter Erikana Pedersen is no stranger to battling the demons of post-injury depression. And since last year’s misfortune is now a thing of the past, Pedersen says she feels ready to help others who may be dealing with similar challenges. The year to trump all others in terms ….

Silver Ferns Clean Up at the Halberg Awards

Netball World Champions the Silver Ferns were the stars of the recent Halberg Awards where they were honoured with Team of the Year and the Supreme Award. The team was recognised for their incredible triumph in Liverpool in 2019, where they edged Australia to take the World Cup for the ….

New Zealand Win 2019 Netball World Cup

New Zealand has 11-time champions Australia by a single goal for the 2019 Netball World Cup final that took place in Liverpool. It proved to be an extremely tense final and came down to the last few seconds and a single goal, which saw the Kiwis prevail with a total ….

Leeds Rhinos To Join Vitality Netball Superleague

The Leeds Rhinos netball team will be joining the Vitality Netball Superleague for the 2021 season. The team, which is self funded, launched in 2017 and have been given a licence to become a franchise. Director of netball, Anna Carter, told reporters that the Superleague is the icing on the ….

Australia Claim Constellation Cup Victory Over Silver Ferns

The Silver Ferns, going from an 11-goal win to an 11-goal loss, whose last game had seen them thrash the Australian Diamonds in the semi-final of the Constellation Cup, have been beaten 47-58 at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington for the final test of the Constellation Cup. Despite giving ….

Adelaide Thunderbirds Receive Silver Ferns Star

New Zealand shooting sensation Maria Folau has signed up with the Adelaide Thunderbirds for the 2019 Super Netball season. The Silver Ferns star had initially been looking at teams in Sydney and Queensland, but eventually it was decided that her skills would best suited for the struggling Adelaide team. Folau, ….