Posts Tagged "Melbourne Vixens"

NZ boosted by Magic netball win, says Australian coach

By , 24 Jul 2012
 

New Zealand’s self belief against arch-rival Australia will be bolstered by the Magic’s breakthrough win in the trans-Tasman netball championship, according to Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander.

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Netball championship Magic for Irene van Dyke

By , 23 Jul 2012
 

The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic made netball history on a number of fronts yesterday, when they defeated the Melbourne Vixens 41-38 to claim the ANZ Championship title.

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Vixens target Langman in netball final

By , 21 Jul 2012
 

The Melbourne Vixens see stopping the Magic’s New Zealand Test centre Laura Langman as a key to winning the trans-Tasman netball title on Sunday.

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Aussie netballers seeking semi wins

By , 7 Jul 2012
 

Melbourne Vixens are ready for the Mystics’ chairlift tactic, with both Australia teams in the trans-Tasman netball semi-finals seeking to reverse a regular season defeat.

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Vixens score comeback victory over Firebirds

By , 30 Apr 2012
 

The Melbourne Vixens could be easily be renamed The Comeback Queens, after yesterday’s nail biting win over reigning premiers Queensland Firebirds.

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Melbourne Vixens steal win in thriller at home

By , 23 Apr 2012
 

It was a game the Melbourne Vixens were destined to win and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic destined to drop. Sounds simple?

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Thunderbirds crash as Vixens claim top spot

By , 18 Apr 2012
 

What promised to be a see-sawing, tightly contested match between the top two Australian teams in this year’s ANZ Netball Championship became a one-sided display by the 2009 premiers Melbourne Vixens.

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Top of the table clash in ANZ Champs

By , 15 Apr 2012
 

In what looms as a mouth-watering top of the ladder clash between two old foes, a classic Victoria vs South Australia clash will decide who is the number one Australian team thus far in the 2012 ANZ Championship.

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Melbourne Vixens extinguish Firebirds’ flame

By , 4 Apr 2012
 

In the wake of last season’s undefeated title-winning season, the dominant Queensland Firebirds were again tipped as ANZ Netball Championship front-runners, paving a path towards back-to-back championships.

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ANZ 2012 Netball Championship review

By , 20 Mar 2012
 

Only days away from the opening round of the 2012 ANZ Championship season here is a run down on every team.

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2012 ANZ Championship netball preview

By , 7 Mar 2012
 

After a longer than usual off-season, the 2012 ANZ Championship is less than a month away. And I have decided to throw out some out-there predictions, and some not so out-there predictions.

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ANZ Championship set for dream finals

By , 27 Apr 2011
 

With one regular season round remaining in the ANZ Championship, the stars have aligned to give the competition some final round games and a finals series that the AFL and NRL would dream for.

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Vixens not good enough

By , 16 Apr 2011
 

Losing a game the way that we did against the Queensland Firebirds is simply not good enough. Every Vixen needs to sit and reflect on their own performance and also that of the team.

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Netball: Melbourne Vixens on tour

By , 25 Feb 2011
 

Sitting around the Qantas Club with our coffees, newspapers, magazines and laptops; onlookers may assume the Melbourne Vixens aren’t the most social bunch.

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Queensland rises and rocks the competition

By , 26 Apr 2010
 

The Queensland Firebirds celebrated their “most satisfying” moment in the trans-Tasman netball league by humiliating Melbourne before promising more to come.

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Vixens facing challenge to retain trans-Tasman title

By , 20 Mar 2010
 

Defending trans-Tasman netball champion Melbourne Vixens are favoured to retain the title, but face stronger opposition from their Australian rivals and at least a couple of the Kiwi teams.

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What is The Roar’s Australian sporting team of 2009?

By , 25 Nov 2009
 

2009 saw some remarkable team performances from Australia’s best: teams such as the Socceroos, Geelong Cats, St. Kilda Saints, Melbourne Storm, Melbourne Victory, Queensland Origin and the Melbourne Vixens. But which deserves to be Australian sporting team of the year?

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Vixens lift trans-Tasman netball trophy

By , 27 Jul 2009
 

Sharelle McMahon provided the scare, the spark and the shooting firepower to lift the Melbourne Vixens to their first trans-Tasman netball championship on Sunday.

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Netball resists expansion despite boom

By , 24 Jul 2009
 

Netball’s trans-Tasman competition will resist rushing expansion or full professionalism for players despite a boom season which will culminate in a sellout grand final on Sunday.

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Vixens crush Magic to earn grand final berth

By , 13 Jul 2009
 

Minor premiers Melbourne Vixens cruised through to the trans-Tasman netball competition grand final with a crushing 58-43 major semi-final win over Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena on Sunday.

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