The Netty Life

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April 17, 2024 Welcoming the Mavericks
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 one of the absolute standouts in the Melbourne derby.
1 hr 1 min
April 10, 2024 2024 Super Netball Season Preview
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 Ferns coach Noeline Taurua’s re-appointment, the new elusive No.11 player rule that some teams are using and others are ignoring completely.

1 hr
March 29, 2024 BONUS Scrunchiko takes on netball
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 the partnership, about Scrunchiko as a business and as a great example of the commercial opportunities that often go missed in women’s sport.
26 min
March 27, 2024 Team Girls Cup Review
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 April 13th; with 12 of the 16 games decided by four goals or less, it was one of the best pre-season tournaments yet, and an exciting introduction to the 2024 season.
59 min
February 01, 2024 Australia wins the Nations Cup
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 Zealand Netball allow their athletes to play in the SSN competition without jeopardising their Silver Ferns opportunities?
- Uganda only just finished fourth. Could they be the next big thing in international netball?
1 hr 18 min
January 23, 2024 BONUS Nations Cup update with Nicole Richardson
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 has performed so far.

And also to see how she felt about the viral Collingwood video that has been criticised for flaunting off the AFL team’s new synthetic grass training area that covers up the old netball court and was likely paid for by government money intended for upgrades to women’s sport facilities.
21 min
January 20, 2024 Netball Nations Cup Preview 2024
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 Diamond defender Sunday Aryang and Ugandan star Mary Cholhok.
1 hr 10 min
December 29, 2023 A line in the sand
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 body pick up the pieces of this ugly dispute?

We take a look at the timeline of the negotiations and how they reached a point of no return for one party, before casting our eyes over the 2024 teams now the CPA is sorted and all clubs have been able to lock in their playing rosters. Who is the best buy of the off-season and which new import will make the biggest impact?

Thank you to Netball Scoop for the thorough 2024 playing lists and to ABC Sport for the Liz Watson audio.
58 min
November 30, 2023 BONUS Verity Simmons -11 years not out
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 wins, and has even had the honour of wearing the Diamonds dress. It was truly inspiring to speak with one of the most hardworking netball players the sport has ever seen and hear her plans for the future.
30 min
October 24, 2023 Australia wins its 11th Constellation Cup
The Diamonds have held onto the Constellation Cup by aggregate goals despite losing the final two matches of the series to the New Zealand Silver Ferns.

Should the series be changed to a three or five match contest? Why did the Diamonds drop off in intensity on the New Zealand leg? And what sparked the resurgence in the Silver Ferns - was it all down to Grace Nweke?

We also pay tribute to our Aussie men, the Kelpies, who won the Trans Tasman Cup 3-0, before previewing the Diamonds vs South Africa upcoming series.

51 min