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Netball Superleague Round 5

With Round 5 completed on Monday night the results from all matches are as follows: Hertfordshire Mavericks 61-35 Team Northumbria Loughborough Lightning 48-68 Surrey Storm Team Bath 51-54 Yorkshire Jets Manchester Thunder 81-36 Celtic Dragons With Thunder remaining unbeaten and the Dragons still without a win the table now looks like this: Team Played Points

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Mclean returns to captain England

England Women have made three changes for their Six Nations clash against Ireland at Ashbourne RFC on Friday, kick off 7.30pm. England, who defeated Italy with a six-try 39-7 victory last time out, have called up Saracens’ Lauren Cattell to fullback. Cattell, who was on the bench against Wales, replaces Kay Wilson and she is

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England Women U20s squad named for France clash

England Women Under 20s Head Coach Jo Yapp has made three changes to the starting line-up that defeated the Army last week for Saturday’s game against France, kick off 1pm GMT at the Stade Sainte-Germaine in Bordeaux. Source: rugbymatters.netWorcester fullback Rachel Lund has been handed the captaincy arm-band with Caity Mattinson ruled out through injury.

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Thunder too strong for the Dragons

Manchester Thunder were too strong for Celtic Dragons as the home side dominated from start to finish at the Thunderdome.   Dragons, without a win so far this season, will have arrived in Manchester in the hope they could force an unlikely upset.  But Thunder didn’t read that script as they ran out emphatic winners,

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Mavericks beat Team Northumbria by 61-35

Mavericks second home match brought another sell-out crowd to the Hertfordshire Sports Village on Saturday afternoon.  The aim to keep the momentum going  following a really strong win against Team Bath last week. The starting 7 of Keable, Guscoth, Buchanan, Candappa, S Corbin, K Corbin and Watson worked well. The team strategy was to delay and shut down

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Edwards leads England to T20 series win

It was no fairytale half-century for Charlotte Edwards in her 200th game as captain of England, but it was a victory by five wickets as England chased down the White Ferns’ score of 97 for nine with eight balls to spare. It was Edwards’ 60th Twenty20 international victory as captain in the 82 games she

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Charlotte Edwards sets new 200-match milestone as England captain

Current England team-mates come together to reflect on their favourite Charlotte Edwards moments, innings and phrases Charlotte Edwards reflects on her time so far as England captain. England women’s captain Charlotte Edwards has last night led her country for the 200th time in international cricket.  Edwards officially took over the captaincy from former England team-mate, captain

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Thurrock T-Birds win Championship Cup

The Championship Cup is contested by the Winners of Championship North and Championship South for the right to play the bottom Premiership Club and possibly replace them in the Women’s Premiership. Both Thurrock and Waterloo having won their respective Leagues 2 years running were desperate for Premiership Rugby. The game took place at the neutral venue

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Storm make it 4 in a row with Lightning Strike

Surrey Storm Netball recorded their 4th straight Superleague win on Saturday evening with a convincing 48-68 win over Loughborough Lightning. A storming 2nd quarter for the visitors handed them an unassailable lead at the half time break in a game which allowed Coach Greenway to once again exercise her options from the bench. Greenway returned

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Reds suffer surprise 1-0 defeat to Yeovil Town

Liverpool Ladies suffered a 1-0 defeat to Yeovil Town Ladies on Sunday afternoon at the Select Security Stadium in Widnes. Matt Beard’s side went down 1-0 to the Somerset outfit following a second half goal from substitute Amy Wathan and despite threatening to score on numerous occasions, the Reds found visiting goalkeeper Charlotte Haynes in

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