Netball Unlocked Podcast

Round 4 in the Netball Super League brought us our first extra time game of the season, and left only one team unbeaten - and one team still chasing a win. Chloe and Paul get stuck into the talking points from the week, as the dust settles on the coaching changes for England Netball and injuries begin to bite in the NSL. Chloe picks out the major talking points from the week in Australia as SSN de...

In the latest episode of Netball Unlocked, Paul and Chloe deep dive into the weekend’s action from Round 3 of the Super League. A double-header, including an NSL 2025 Grand Final rematch, presents plenty of talking points, with Chloe getting her tactics board to run the rule over Lightning’s sharp defence. Paul and Chloe then turn to analyse the other three games, highlighting Thunder’s rise, Mave...

It’s a seismic day for England Netball as Jess Thirlby steps down as the Roses head coach after more than six years in the role. There is plenty for Paul and Chloe to discuss in a first ever emergency episode of the pod, including lots of thoughts on what’s to come and what it means as Anna Stembridge assumes the head coach position. Just four months away from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, it...

With Paul away, Chloe is joined by Commonwealth Games gold medallist and two-time NSL winner Jodie Gibson to assess a week of fireworks on and off the court in Round 2 of the Netball Super League 2026. The episode begins by catching up with Jodie and getting a special look behind her retirement decision, before turning to the news and major talking points of the round. Jodie and Chloe consider the...

Netball royalty Norma Plummer AM joins Paul and Chloe for a very special international netball episode. In a wide-ranging interview, the multiple World Cup-winning coach and player reflects on some of the international game’s big themes and questions. Should netball be in the Olympics? Can South Africa go the distance in a World Cup or Commonwealth Games? Will New Zealand bounce back from its tumu...

Round one of the 2026 NSL season is in the books, inviting Paul and Chloe to deep dive into a thrilling opening weekend of action. All four games are up for analysis, with Chloe getting her tactics board out to help recap London Pulse v Manchester Thunder, including an exceptional performance from the reigning champions’ captain, Zara Everitt. This episode also looks back on some of the early teet...

Paul and Chloe continue their countdown to the 2026 NSL season, with the four teams that made last season's playoffs under the microscope. Can the champions London Pulse go back-to-back? Can Loughborough Lightning build on the Super Cup triumph and win a fourth title in five seasons? Are Manchester Thunder ready to put an injury-hit 2025 behind them? And can London Mavericks see off the threat...

Paul and Chloe preview the 2026 NSL season, starting with the four teams that missed the playoffs. Which of LexisNexis Dragons, Leeds Rhinos, Birmingham Panthers and Nottingham Forest are best equipped to challenge for the top four? We run through the squads, the new arrivals, the coaching changes and their venues and assess what can each of the four teams expect to achieve in the upcoming season....

Chloe and Paul kick off Season Two of the pod with a return for Manchester Thunder Franchise Director and Head Coach Karen Greig. We get the lowdown on the off season for Thunder, how new arrivals Eleanor Cardwell and Sophie Fawns are bedding in an a fact finding mission to Australia for Karen. We debate the international season so far, with an in-depth look at England's tour to South Africa -...

In the latest episode of Netball Unlocked, Chloe is joined by former England Rose and Manchester Thunder assistant coach Laura Malcolm to reflect on a thrilling England v New Zealand series. Where did the Roses succeed? Where can they do better? Why did they lose that all-important third test?  Laura dives into the details, and we hear from Jess Thirlby and Fran Williams, who share their thoughts...

For the latest in our Big Interview series, we are joined by England’s newest capped Rose: Jasmine Brown. In a wide-ranging conversation, we take a look back on Jaz’s debut and the unique story that led her to leave tennis to start netball at such a late age. She shares more about her meteoric debut, how she stays grounded and why she has decided to leave Birmingham for Leeds ahead of the 2026 Net...

It's international season on the netball calendar, so Paul and Chloe are back to dive into what we've seen, what's coming up and what it all means. With a Commonwealth Games in less than 12 months, and a World Cup in less than two years there is plenty to debate - and plenty of questions, with not many answers....yet. Stick with Netball Unlocked and we will guide you through what promi...

In a very special Big Interview episode of the Netball Unlocked podcast, Chloe is joined by the one and only Sharni Layton, Australian netball legend, two-time world champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist. In a wide-ranging chat, Chloe and Sharni go right into the deep end, discussing the Super Netball grand final and Sharni’s role in helping the Vixens secure an unlikely title. They then...

Chloe Merrell is rejoined by a returning Paul Prenderville to deliver the latest news from around the netball world and there is a lot to get through as the final announcements of the Netball Super League squads are dissected. Paul delivers his verdict on some of the notable movers and shakers from the signing window and what it might mean for the 2026 NSL season, while Chloe offers her thoughts o...

Next up in our line of longer interviews, we welcome Leeds Rhinos’ blockbuster signing Sanmarie Visser to the chair. In an engaging conversation, Sanmarie reflects on her transformative year in netball, from her turbulent debut with the SPAR Proteas to her stunning move to SSN and now to Leeds Rhinos for the Netball Super League 2025/25 season.   She shares her journey of overcoming adversity, the...

In the latest instalment of our Big Interview series, Chloe is joined by Manchester Thunder’s star recruit Sophie Fawns to discuss her blockbuster move from Suncorp Super Netball to the Netball Super League. At 21 years old, Sophie stands apart with four years of Super Netball after diligently rising up the New South Wales netball pathways from her home in Wagga Wagga.  The wide-ranging conversati...

After a short summer break, The Netball Unlocked podcast is back in action, and there’s more than enough to discuss with the Netball Super League signing window in full swing. With Paul away, Chloe is joined by friend of the podcast Kerry Almond to assess the lay of the land in what has been a busy offseason.   Going team by team, Chloe and Kerry reflect on the most up-to-date announcements, analy...

In the latest instalment of our Unlocked Big Interview series, Chloe sits down with London Mavericks and England goal keeper Razia Quashie to discuss the highs and lows of life in netball. The hour-long conversation touches on a range of topics, from Raz’s recent injury to life at London Mavericks, to the loss of her father, to her continued struggle with online abuse and how it nearly caused her...

The second part of our Netball Super League season 2025 wrap-up is here! Paul, Chloe, and Clare Jones look back on the season that was, starting first by assessing the All Star VII and how that stacks up against our own Netball Unlocked season VII. We then take on the role of Franchise Director and go team-by-team, assessing what personnel changes we might make ahead of 2026. Finally, we think big...

It's the first of a two-part double to end the Netball Super League season as Paul and Chloe are joined by their very first guest Clare Jones. As well as dropping huge news of her own, Clare is on hand to help the guys break down the Grand Final as London Pulse beat Loughborough Lightning to claim a first ever NSL title. Big occasion nerves, stellar shooting and basics done well are all part of th...

Paul and Chloe prepare for the final netball match of the domestic season, the 2025 Netball Super League Grand Final with a preview fitting the occasion. England icon Serena Kersten is on hand to offer her take on London Pulse vs Loughborough Lightning at The O2 and why the time is right for Pulse but Lightning have a formidable weapon in their favour. We also get Serena's thoughts on netball&...

With two games left to go, Paul and Chloe dive into two very different Netball Super League Semi-Finals and look ahead to this week’s Preliminary Final. London Pulse’s epic victory over Loughborough Lightning is on the menu as Chloe gets her Clip Art tools out to break down how the game was won. Paul was at the Copper Box, so we hear from Zara Everitt, Olivia Tchine, and Nat Panagarry after one of...

It’s Netball Super League semi-final week and of course here at Netball Unlocked we’ve gone super sized. Clear your schedules and prepare to go inside all four camps with Grand Final dreams at stake We talk to the defending champions Loughborough Lightning and captain Nat Panagarry, the regular season table toppers London Pulse and Sophie Kelly, plus there is Izzi Phillips on London Mavericks pote...

With Paul out of action this week, Chloe is joined by podcast favourite Ella Powell-Davies to look back over a consequential Round 13, in which Nottingham Forest were eliminated from the top four race, giving us our teams for the semi-finals. We look back at the round and consider where games were won and lost, and reflect more broadly on how injuries have shaped the season so far and how they cou...

In the latest of our series of extended interviews we speak to one of the stars of the Netball Super League season so far - Nottingham Forest and South Africa shooting superstar Rolene Streutker. Chloe and Paul chat with Rolene about her arrival in the NSL and Chelsea Pitman's vision for Forest that was in keeping with her own ambition. Rolene tells the story of remodelling her shooting action aft...