The Netty Life

Super Netball's 2025 contract signing window is now closed and while there are still a few missing pieces of the puzzle that need to fall into place with training partners and 11th players, we at least know the main 10 that will represent each of the eight teams. Kate and Britt go through each of the club's rosters for next season and discuss the biggest signing news. Before hearing from Uganda Sh...

The Adelaide Thunderbirds are the Super Netball champions of 2024 after winning back-to-back premiership titles. They were victorious over the Melbourne Vixens, 59-57, who were courageous until the final whistle. There was nothing in the game, it was a real arm-wrestle and everything you would hope a grand final at this level would be. The win for the Thunderbirds cemented their undefeated record...

Super Netball grand final time always feels a bit, like Christmas here at The Netty Life!   Now we know the deciding match of the season will be played between the Adelaide Thunderbirds and Melbourne Vixens we give our predictions.   We also take a look back at the poor West Coast Fever who have finished third for a consecutive year, losing by one goal in their last two prelimi...

The semi-finals of Super Netball have left us with three teams who now have to decide whether they are contenders or pretenders.  The Thunderbirds are through to back-to-back grand finals. The Fever are full of ruthless confidence as they head to Melbourne for the preliminary final.  Meanwhile, the Vixens have dropped off the pace and are battling mental demons as they try to shake off i...

Super Netball fans have stepped it up a gear this year and they ' re breaking records all over the place. Crowds, memberships, you name it. The sport is experiencing a huge boom in popularity across the board.   So why is this happening? Is it the Matildas '  effect? We take a deep dive into this topic.   Before we pick a side and debate whether the league really does need to introd...

Round 13 was the second installment of First Nations Round, delivering two spectacular one-point matches as we entered NAIDOC Week. We watched the Adelaide Thunderbirds take top spot on the ladder, and an emotional Donnell Wallam took to court after a tough week where she received a horrible racist letter.  Plus we finally get to speak with West Coast Fever and Jamaican powerhouse Jhaniele Fo...

We can hardly contain our excitement because Round 12 has been and gone and we’ve got just two rounds left before the finals! Woo hoo! On the weekend the majority of games were decided by three goals or less, as some teams lived by the super shot and died by the super shot in a desperate effort to stay in contention for finals. We take a closer look in our game analysis at how the Fever, Firebirds...

A week after parting ways with head coach Bec Bulley, the Queensland Firebirds bounced back with an emotional win against the West Coast Fever as their new co-coaches Katie Walker and Roselee Jencke took the reins for the rest of the 2024 season.  The Melbourne Vixens have maintained the No.1 spot on the ladder without looking like they’ve even hit top gear yet and the Adelaide Thunderbirds j...

Netball chaos indeed... The past week sent fan speculation into overdrive as the Queensland Firebirds “mutually” parted ways with their head coach Bec Bulley and the NSW Swifts also “mutually” parted ways with their import shooter Sam Wallace-Joseph.  We unpack both decisions from the clubs that happened to break news on the same night.  Before we analyse the Round 10 games and look ahea...

It’s a pivotal time in Super Netball with just five weeks left until finals. After round nine, the Vixens overtook the Fever to sit four points clear on the ladder after the Thunderbirds handed West Coast their biggest loss since 2018 — a whopping 18 goals. We also chat Diamonds selection in the wake of the 2024/25 national squad being named and featuring three new players in their early twenties:...

Round 8 saw many of the league's top players sidelined with injury or illness and the Firebirds and the Mavericks enjoyed unexpected wins; for the Mavs it was their first win in front of their home crowd.  The omission of Sam Wallace-Joseph from the Swifts game day 10 remains a hot discussion topic, and we try to unravel why she would have been dropped from their squad.  Mavericks shoote...

Part one of First Nations round happened over round seven in the lead up to National Reconciliation Week. We hear from Yarwuru woman Scarlet Jauncey about her selection in the inaugural Australian First Nations team and the West Coast Fever Reserves side.  The defender has been mentored by England Roses captain and Fever newbie Fran Williams during her WANL season with the Hamersley Comets.&n...

Round six threw up the league's first two-minute suspension of 2024 as Giant Jamie-Lee Price was sent to the sideline. Fever have now shot four points clear to sit at the top of the ladder, while the Lightning brought the Vixens winning streak to an end. In the lead up to the first of a two-part First Nations Round this season we talk to Sharon Finnan-White – one of only three Indigenous Diamonds...

In round five, the West Coast Fever and Melbourne Vixens continued their unbeaten streak to remain ladder leaders. The Fever hit their highest Super Netball score yet this season at 94 goals and the Vixens claimed the first instalment of the Sargeant-McKinnis Cup. But the biggest story was neither of these moments and actually revolved around a scoreboard drama between the Giants and Sunshine Coas...

Round three saw two matches where teams could only be separated by extra time. A Jamaican legend hit 8000 Super Netball goals and an English Rose became a centurion. The Giants and Mavericks are still without wins and Fever make it three wins from three rounds.  Plus we hear from sports journalist Bridget Tunnicliffe about Netball New Zealand’s desire to enter three of their teams in the Supe...

Fever announce themselves as true contenders for 2024 after just two rounds after two massive victories.  Diamonds goal keeper and new Lightning recruit Courtney Bruce drops by to discuss the importance of mental health, finding balance after switching clubs and her puppy, Oliver.  Before we discuss the possibility of New Zealand joining Super Netball and the new rules around dangerous p...

The 2024 Super Netball season is officially underway and we welcomed brand new club the Mavericks to the family. Round one saw attendance records broken, the West Coast Fever start their season with a 19-goal bang, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds cap a fantastic weekend for South Australian netball with a tight victory.  On this podcast we chat with Melbourne Vixens defender Rudi Ellis, who was...

A brand new Super Netball season is upon us and we’ve got you sorted with all you need to know in our season preview!  On top of discussing each of the eight team’s headline story to watch, we also cover some of the biggest talking points from the past week.  Such as Sam Wallace-Joseph’s brush with controversy relating to Easter and International Transgender Day of Visibility, Silver Fer...

Katie McCarthy has a passion for women in sport and … scrunchies!  Her business aims to make comfortable and colourful hair ties for girls to wear without it falling out as they play sport.  At the Team Girls Cup, McCarthy ventured into netball for the first real time, partnering with Amy Parmenter’s Tie-Dye Project to donate money to the Confident Girls Foundation. We hear more about th...

Another exciting instalment of the Team Girls Cup wrapped up last weekend at Sydney’s Ken Rosewell Arena. In front of their home crowd, the NSW Swifts were crowned champions after defeating the Melbourne Vixens by one goal in a thrilling grand final.  The three-day tournament was a chance to see all eight teams and their extended bench before the Super Netball season officially starts on Apri...

The Diamonds added to their trophy cabinet with another international win at the Netball Nations Cup, defeating the Roses in an emphatic win in the final by 20 goals. We discuss: - How good can the Sophie Dywer and Sophie Garbin combination be for the Diamonds? - Is Jess Thirlby the coach to take the Roses to the next level? - Should the Silver Ferns relax their import player rule, and should New...

The Aussie Diamonds are undefeated midway through the Nations Cup, as the teams now get a week off and the tournament heads from London to Leeds. The team have got one more game to come against Uganda before they reach the final, where they’ll to meet their old foes New Zealand or England. We caught up with Diamonds assistant coach Nicole Richardson to get her thoughts on how the Australian team h...

The Aussie Diamonds are in the UK, ready to battle New Zealand, England and Uganda for the Netball Nations Cup. It's a trophy they've never contested and coach Stacey Marincovich has assembled a World Cup winning squad to claim it. In what will be an historic moment in international netball, Australia and Uganda will meet for the first time in the sport’s history. We also share interviews with Dia...

After several months of an unbelievable shit show, Netball Australia and the Australian Netball Players’ Association finally agreed on a landmark Super Netball CPA deal that will see the players and administration enter a partnership in the sport’s very first revenue-share model. Was former CEO Kelly Ryan used as a scapegoat for the rest of the board? And should more heads roll as the governing bo...

After 11 years competing at the elite level of netball, Verity Simmons, West Coast Fever's talented mid-courter, has decided to retire from the sport. Her decision was partly influenced by the ongoing disputes between Netball Australia and the unresolved CPA, which has left netballers without pay for nine weeks. Throughout her career, Verity has faced injuries, grand final losses, two premiership...