Courtside – The England Netball Podcast

After a busy day full of exciting announcements revealing each club’s squad for the 2025 Netball Super League (NSL) season, Lindsey Chapman speaks to each club’s Head Coach to find out more about how they built their brand-new squads.

Featuring interviews with Sam Bird, Vic Burgess, Karen Greig, Camilla Buchanan, Liana Leota and Jo Trip as well as new NSL coaches Chelsea Pitman and Reinga Bloxham, Courtside Podcast gives NSL fans a rare insight into the recruitment strategies of each team.

Lindsey is also joined by NSL and Vitality Roses legend Serena Kertsen (neé Guthrie), who reflects on each NSL squad list, sharing her thoughts on some of the league’s new arrivals and pointing out the key players that fans should look out for in #NSL2025.

Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on the NSL website and by signing up to the NSL newsletter and following @NetballSL and @EnglandNetball. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

As we count down to the Netball Super League Grand Final 2024, Lindsey Chapman speaks to Manchester Thunder Head Coach Karen Greig and Loughborough Lightning Head Coach Vic Burgess before their two sides go to battle to be crowned NSL Champions 2024.

Discover what a win on Saturday would mean to each coach as they spill the secrets on the key to creating a winning culture, how they approach Grand Final week and their recruitment strategies that are already underway for 2025!

Manchester Thunder will play Loughborough Lightning in the Grand Final at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on 29 June. With a record-breaking crowd so far, tickets are still available here and if you can’t make it to the arena you can watch both the Grand Final and the third-place play-off on Sky Sports Arena and YouTube.  International viewers can watch all broadcast games on NetballPass.

Stay up-to-date with all the latest news by following @NetballSL and @EnglandNetball. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

On what is a momentous day for the Netball Super League (NSL), Lindsey Chapman sits down with NSL Managing Director Claire Nelson to dive into the details of the newly announced plans for NSL 2025.

Wondering what NSL 2025 will look like? Talking through all the headlines, Lindsey and Claire discuss how the competition is going fewer, bigger, better with exciting new club owners and investment models, the ambition for at least 50% of games to be played in arenas in 2025, an increase in players’ salaries and the ability for fans to watch all games. You’ll also find out how a reduction in teams and squad sizes will create a more competitive League and gain an insight into the process that has taken place to bring the League to this exciting moment.

Stay up-to-date with all the latest news by following @NetballSL and @EnglandNetball. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

You can watch NSL 2024 in the UK live on Sky Sports and BBC Sport. Find out where to watch each broadcast game here: Where to watch the Netball Super League

International viewers can watch all broadcast games on NetballPass, with a half-season pass now available for just £19.95 giving you access to 22 matches, including the semi-finals and Grand Final.

This special episode of Courtside gives listeners an insight into the world of coaching netball, from grassroots to the Netball Super League (NSL) and the Vitality Roses.

The episode begins with Lindsey Chapman speaking to England Netball’s Performance Pathway Coach Developer Sarah Green and Coaching Project Manager Lucy Lawrence all about their work in the world of coaching. They discuss the coaches that have inspired them along the way, as well as their excitement for the future of netball coaching in England at all levels.

From growing an inclusive community coach network to supporting our next generation of NSL and England coaches to develop, this chat shines a light on all the important work being done in this space, and even reveals which of your favourite NSL athletes are developing their coaching skillsets early!

Next, Lindsey catches up with Loughborough Lightning Head Coach Vic Burgess and takes a deep dive into the coaching philosophy that has brought her significant on-court success in the NSL. Vic shares her journey into coaching, the challenges she has experienced as well as her coaching highlights and her belief in the importance of driving a culture of belonging beyond the court to build personal connections within her team.

Many members of the Netball Family have been lucky enough to be influenced and shaped by a great coach in our lifetimes. As part of our commitment to recognising and celebrating amazing coaches all year round, this UK Coaching Week we are saying #ThanksCoach. Join in the conversation by following @EnglandNetball and @NetballSL. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

You can find information and resources to support your coaching journey here: England Netball | Coaching

You can watch the NSL in the UK live on Sky Sports and BBC Sport. Find out where to watch each broadcast game here: Where to watch the Netball Super League

As the regular season of the Netball Super League 2024 hits its halfway mark, Lindsey Chapman reflects with Vitality Roses Head Coach Jess Thirlby on the highlights of the season so far, before discussing what fans should be looking out for as the second half of the season gets underway.

 

They are joined by Hali Adio and Amy Carter who give NSL fans an insight into their respective seasons, including how London Pulse and Manchester Thunder have learnt from any losses so far and the big matches they’ve got their eyes set on in the second half of the season that make up their potential paths to the semi-finals!

Lindsey also catches up with Jo Trip to find out all about Severn Stars’ brilliant start to the 2024 season, including why Jo believes her strategy of building a squad who are all great people off-court is key to her side’s on-court success.

Stay up-to-date with all the latest news by following @NetballSL and @EnglandNetball. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

You can watch the NSL in the UK live on Sky Sports and BBC Sport. Find out where to watch each broadcast game here: Where to watch the Netball Super League

International viewers can watch all broadcast games on NetballPass, with a half-season pass now available for just £19.95 giving you access to 22 matches, including the semi-finals and Grand Final.

As we count down to the start of the Netball Super League 2024, Lindsey Chapman speaks to NSL Managing Director, Claire Nelson, who talks us through the preparations that have gone on behind-the-scenes to make the new season the biggest and best yet.

We are then joined by Beth Cobden and Razia Quashie, who tell us about how they’ve spent the off-season, explain why they can’t wait for the season to get underway, and spill all the secrets about which teams and players they are most looking forward to matching up with!

Finally, we speak to the League’s newest head coach, Jill McIntosh all about her return to the Lexis Nexis Cardiff Dragons after a brief stint at the end of 2023, and what some of her newest signings will bring to the NSL in 2024.

Stay up to date with all the latest news by following us @EnglandNetball and @NetballSuperLeague on socials. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

If you would like to start playing netball or to find a session or club near you, head to englandnetball.co.uk

It’s Netball World Cup Eve and in our final episode before the competition gets underway Lindsey speaks to two Vitality Roses who have enjoyed incredible domestic seasons down in Australia – Eleanor Cardwell and Helen Housby.

In this episode, the pair discuss how it felt coming up against one another in the Suncorp Super Netball final, how they’ve transitioned back into being international teammates and what their collective nickname should be.

Stay up to date with all the latest news by following us @EnglandNetball on socials. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

If you would like to start playing netball or would like to find a session or club near you, head to englandnetball.co.uk

In this episode of the podcast Lindsey is joined by the Vitality Roses leadership group: co-captains Nat Metcalf and Layla Guscoth and vice-captain and double centurion Jade Clarke.

After landing in South Africa, the team are well into their preparations getting ready for the start of the Netball World Cup on Friday 28 July, live across Sky Sports and the BBC.

The trio talk about what it’s been like working as a unit in their leadership positions, how Serena Kersten (née Guthrie) has supported the team in her position as Leadership and Culture coach, and how the team are gelling ahead of this summer’s major tournament.  

Stay up to date with all the latest news by following us @EnglandNetball on socials. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

If you would like to start playing netball or would like to find a session or club near you, head to englandnetball.co.uk

In our second episode of the second series of Courtside, Lindsey sits down with two Roses heading out to their first Netball World Cup – Funmi Fadoju and Halimat Adio.

The defensive duo, who starred for London Pulse in the Netball Super League this season, reflect on what has been an amazing year for them and look ahead to their first major tournament in South Africa.

From rooming with their childhood idol to almost missing that all-important selection call from the Head Coach, hear from Funmi and Hali as they share their excitement ahead of the competition in Cape Town.

Stay up to date with all the latest news by following us @EnglandNetball on socials. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

If you would like to start playing netball or would like to find a session or club near you, head to englandnetball.co.uk. 

Courtside is back for a second series, and this time we’ll be taking you behind the scenes as the Vitality Roses get ready to start their 2023 Netball World Cup campaign!

First up, we chat to Commonwealth Games and World Cup winner, Chelsea Pitman. The last few years have been a rollercoaster for Chelsea after she stepped away from the sport and experienced two miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy just before the pandemic. Returning to netball after some time with the police in Australia, Chelsea has climbed back up into the Vitality Roses squad and this summer will play in her first major tournament since the last World Cup in Liverpool in 2019.

Hear from Chelsea as she sits down with Lindsey Chapman and discusses the last few years of her career and opens up on the challenges she’s faced around fertility.

Stay up to date with all the latest news by following us @EnglandNetball on socials. You can also have your say and share your stories using #ENCourtside.

If you would like to start playing netball or would like to find a session or club near you, head to englandnetball.co.uk.