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Vixens bury Thunderbirds, top Super Netball ladder
One loss was a rare enough occurrence for the Melbourne Vixens. Two in succession, with top spot to play for on the eve of the Super Netball finals? Simply not happening.
One loss was a rare enough occurrence for the Melbourne Vixens. Two in succession, with top spot to play for on the eve of the Super Netball finals? Simply not happening.
The Giants are still tinkering with their attacking set-up just two weeks out from the Super Netball finals.
The Queensland Firebirds have upset the Giants to blow the Super Netball minor premiership race wide open.
Melbourne Vixens coach Simone McKinnis does not believe some kind of pre-finals let-down was inevitable after a stellar eight-game winning sequence, but nor does she think last Sunday's round-12 loss that conceded top spot to the Giants has come without a potential silver lining.
Questions are still being asked about how close they are to peaking and what that summit might look like.
The 2014 Glasgow commonwealth games gold medallist said she was initially unaware she was suffering from depression and anxiety, which would often leave her hyperventilating and uncontrollably shaking.
Giants midcourt star Jamie-Lee Price has committed her international future to the Australian Diamonds.
NSW netballers Jamie-Lee Price and Claire O'Brien are set to be named in Australia's World Youth Cup squad.
Collingwood's Cody Lange will miss the remainder of the Super Netball season with scans confirming a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.
One of the sub-plots of Suncorp Super Netball is the selection of the Australian Diamonds team for the international season later in the year, with an eye on the Commonwealth Games in 2018.
Although the tiny venue felt more like a school gym than an elite sports stadium, and while other Commonwealth Games netball finals (Manchester, Delhi) have been closer and more dramatic, there was something particularly significant about the 1998 gold medal game between - naturally - Australia and New Zealand.
Paige Hadley says Australian netballers have ruled out boycotting international fixtures.
Giants Netball leapfrog Melbourne into Super Netball top spot on back of a superb performance from Jo Harten.
The Magpies are a step closer to playing Super Netball finals after a comprehensive 62-50 win over NSW Swifts at Hisense Arena.
In just 11 rounds the Malawian import has become one of Super Netball's great crowd-pleasers.
Giants Netball face a red-hot Melbourne Vixens with Serena Guthrie set for fuel with Diamond Liz Watson.
Australian coach Lisa Alexander says playing in Canberra will be a crucial stepping stone to Commonwealth Games success.
Having spent the season firmly entrenched in the Super Netball top three, season 2017 could still go either way for Julie Fitzgerald's much vaunted Giants.
The NSW Swifts are set to welcome back their two most experienced stars for the Magpies game on Saturday.
The three new franchises have recruited a host of big names, but none have quite matched the Melbourne Vixens.
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