Posts Tagged "trans Tasman netball"

Changes aplenty to Australian netball franchises

By , 16 Nov 2012
 

Melbourne and Queensland have been the Australian teams most affected by an off-season of unprecedented player movement in the trans-Tasman netball competition.

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Kiwi netballers prepare to face Diamonds

By , 16 Aug 2012
 

Silver Ferns centre Laura Langman says competition is fierce for spots in New Zealand’s netball squad to face world champions Australia next month.

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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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Vixens eyeing second netball title

By , 17 Jul 2012
 

Just a game away from their second trans-Tasman netball crown the Melbourne Vixens say they’ve earnt it after a rocky start to the season.

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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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Netball champs look for first Aussie win

By , 26 May 2012
 

Resurgent Queensland Firebirds must find a way to break their Australian drought in the trans-Tasman netball competition when they resume domestic combat this weekend.

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NSW Swifts confident of netball success

By , 29 Mar 2012
 

They’ve lost their inspirational captain and their long-standing coach has gone too, but the NSW Swifts insist they are genuine contenders for this season’s trans-Tasman netball title, which starts this weekend.

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Robert Wright: the changing face of netball

By , 21 Jun 2011
 

Netball is perhaps the most female orientated sport in Australia, so it would be a surprise to many that one of the most successful netball coaches is actually a male.

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NBL win inspires New Zealand in netball playoffs

By , 7 May 2011
 

One of the New Zealand teams in the trans-Tasman netball semi-finals is drawing inspiration and knowledge from the Breakers’ historic NBL title win.

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Swifts coach predicting tight finish

By , 23 Apr 2011
 

NSW Swifts coach Julie Fitzgerald says four teams could easily finish level on points in the frantic scramble for trans-Tasman netball competition finals places.

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Aiken the key in trans-tasman showdown

By , 12 Mar 2011
 

Queensland’s Jamaican scoring colossus Romelda Aiken is playing better than ever, according to Adelaide coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson.

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Firebirds ‘stamp authority’ over Swifts

By , 22 Feb 2011
 

Star goaler Natalie Medhurst claimed the Queensland Firebirds had turned the corner with a 51-48 trans-Tasman netball upset of the NSW Swifts on Monday night.

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NSW Swifts flog Adelaide Thunderbirds in netball opener

By , 14 Feb 2011
 

Adelaide Thunderbirds coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson labelled NSW Swifts the team to beat after they flogged her defending champions 60-40 in the trans-Tasman netball competition season opener on Sunday.

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Can our netballers wrestle gold from the Kiwis?

By , 6 Aug 2010
 

Commonwealth Games preparations are underway for trans-Tasman netball rivals Australia and New Zealand. Since netball was introduced to the games in 1998 in Kuala Lampur, Australia has out-classed New Zealand on three occasions, while New Zealand have notched just one win, in 2006, to hold the current gold medal kudos.

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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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Magic down Fever by 11

By , 29 Jun 2009
 

Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic ended West Coast Fever’s finals hopes, broke the New Zealand hoodoo and consolidated top spot in the trans-Tasman netball competition with an 11-goal win in Perth on Sunday.

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Bassett fires Fever to win over struggling Swifts

By , 22 Jun 2009
 

A 51-goal haul to West Coast Fever shooter Caitlin Bassett has helped her side to a 63-60 victory over the struggling NSW Swifts in the trans-Tasman netball competition on Sunday.

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Finals still within reach of Fever

By , 15 Jun 2009
 

The West Coast Fever think they are still in with a chance of reaching the trans-Tasman netball finals after suffering a 58-39 defeat by the Adelaide Thunderbirds at ETSA Park in Adelaide.

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The end comes swiftly for champs

By , 8 Jun 2009
 

Queensland’s Jamaican star shooter Romelda Aiken hammered the final nail into the coffin of the NSW Swifts’ title defence in a trans-Tasman netball thriller on Sunday.

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Kiwi record irrelevant says coach

By , 23 Jul 2008
 

No New Zealand team has won in Australia in the inaugural trans Tasman netball season but NSW Swifts coach Julie Fitzgerald has dismissed the significance of the statistic ahead of next Monday’s grand final in Sydney.

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