A last-gasp Maria Folau miss handed Australia a 50-49 victory in the Group F decider against New Zealand at the Vitality Netball World Cup this morning. With both teams already having secured their places in the semi-finals, the battle to top the group looked to be going Australia’s way as they opened up a six-goal
England and South Africa both confirmed their place in the Vitality Netball World Cup semi-finals today, by extending their unbeaten runs in the competition to five games. England coach Tracey Neville chose to experiment with her line-up throughout the Roses’ clash with Trinidad and Tobago, with her much-changed team eventually running out 72-46 winners. Trinidad
Fiji set up a re-match of the one of the most dramatic games of the tournament so far as Group E concluded today. Fiji beat Sri Lanka 59-44 to book their place in the 13th-place play-off game, where they will take on Samoa, who beat them by a single goal earlier on in the competition.
Australia and New Zealand recorded commanding wins to qualify for the semi-finals of the Vitality Netball World Cup today. Both sides have progressed through the competition unruffled so far, and that continued as New Zealand beat Northern Ireland 77-28 and Australia defeated Malawi 74-25. The two sides meet on Thursday morning in a match which
Fiji and Samoa each recorded wins during session 9 of the Vitality Netball World Cup this morning. Samoa beat Sri Lanka 65-55 to ensure that they will finish in the top two in Group E and compete for 13th place on Friday, while Fiji kept their hopes of doing the same alive, by defeating a
Nearly a year of preparation and planning will come to fruition when Team Bath Netball field three age-group squads in the England Netball NPL Tournament in Nottingham at the end of this month. The Blue & Gold squads feature an exciting combination of Superleague stars, England age-group internationals and talented youngsters coming through the Team
England took a big step towards the Vitality Netball World Cup semi-finals with victory over world number two-ranked Jamaica today. A wonderful performance by captain Serena Guthrie steered Tracey Neville’s side to a 56-48 win, with the decisive period of the match coming as the hosts stretched their previously narrow lead in the final stages
Australia and New Zealand enjoyed big wins but Northern Ireland suffered another devastating, close loss as the Vitality Netball World Cup moved into its second phase this morning. The top teams from Preliminaries stage one have now been split into two groups of six, from which the top two in each will earn a semi-final
Australia recorded the tournament’s highest score so far, South Africa toppled Jamaica, and Zimbabwe edged out Northern Ireland in a thrilling contest as session 6 at the Vitality Netball World Cup delivered no shortage of drama. The Diamonds fell one short of the tournament’s first century as they dismantled Sri Lanka 99-24, but the majority
England matched the joint-highest score of the competition so far as they swept Samoa aside to complete their Group D campaign with three wins from three at the Vitality Netball World Cup. The 90-24 victory came after what coach Tracey Neville admitted had been an ‘emotional’ evening after Layla Guscoth was ruled out of the
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