Thundercast Netball Podcast

Ahead of Netball Super League 2025, TV Presenter and International netball Commentator Lindsey Chapman brings the latest news and views from inside the Manchester Thunder camp.

Lindsey talks with Head Coach and Franchise Director, Karen Grieg, about the recruitment process and how she settled on the 10 players who make up the new Thunder squad. Always open and honest, Karen offers insight and strategy ahead of the new season.

Grass roots netball player and long time Thunder fan, Fiona Tate, chats with Lindsey about her thoughts and hopes for the season in the inaugural FANalysis – a dedicated space to hear from Manchester Thunder fans.

Lindsey then visits a training session at Manchester Metropolitan University to meet the squad, finding out about their quirks and qualities ahead of the new year.

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In this very special episode of Thundercast, we are joined by FOUR time winning Superstar Kerry Almond, to give her take on the 2022 th-undefeated season. We are also joined by Manchester Thunder Managing Director Debbie Hallas, who answers those burning questions you all want to know about signings including how the registration window works, salary caps, squad sizes and breakdowns, the import process and more! If you're a big netball fan, this really is an episode not to be missed! 

Coaches Karen Greig and Tracey Neville join Lindsey to reflect on Thunder's unbeaten season - so far, as they head towards Finals Weekend.  They discuss their friendship, why they're always striving for perfection, leaving players on a roundabout and play our version of Mr and Mrs!  

Manchester Thunder Head Coach Karen Greig and Loughborough Lightning Captain Natalie Panagarry face off against each other, ahead of the two teams' Netball Superleague Clash on Monday 28th March. The only two teams in the competition who remain unbeaten this season, but who will blink first?

The squads are in, and the stage is set. It's that time of year again - the start of Netball Superleague 2022. Lindsey Chapman is joined by new signing Shadine van der Merwe and newly appointed Thunder Captain Laura Malcolm, in what is a very exciting week for Manchester Thunder, with the big opening weekend in Birmingham.

It's bigger, it's better and it's back for 2021...

After proving an overwhelming success last year, the Rise Again Festival returns to Belle Vue Sport Village, Manchester, for this massive curtain raiser event. All 11 Superleague franchises are competing along with two elite men's Netball teams. Lindsey gets the low down from Manchester Thunder's Kerry Almond and Managing Director of Knights Men's Netball, Lewis Keeling. Let the contest begin...

We're back, and we're ready to roll with Thundercast series 2.

Last season, we took you on the rollercoaster ride of the 2021 season, bring you the highs and the lows, along with the latest news, player insights and big name guests. And we've got so much more coming your way for the 2022 season.

We thought we would start the new series with a bang, and get right to the centre of things. To help us to just that, we are joined by two superstars of the netball world - Manchester Thunder Head Coach and Director of Netball, Karen Greig, and England Rose and new Thunder signing for 2022, Natalie Haythornthwaite.

And just like that... we're heading to the Finals weekend of the Vitality Netball Superleague 2021 season. 20 rounds, 11 teams, 2 venues and 4 precious spaces available in the Semi-Finals. From here, everything starts again, and that elusive trophy is entirely up for grabs.

In this very special episode, we look ahead to the big Finals weekend with the people right at the heart of the action. We talk to Manchester Thunder head coach Karen Greig, Team Bath head coach Anna Stembridge, Leeds Rhinos head coach Dan Ryan and Loughborough Lightning head coach Sara Francis-Bayman. This is an episode not to be missed!

With Manchester Thunder over half way through the 2021 netball Superleague season, we find out what it's like inside the Superleague as we head towards the business end of the season.

We look at things from a few different angles, and speak to a few guests who help us to do just that. The umpiring sensation that is Gary Burgess joins us to take us right down to the sidelines, and we also talk to 3 Thunder players including our ultra talented team captain Emma Dovey and 2 of our 2021 training partners - Alicia Scholes and Millie Sanders. This really is an episode not to be missed!

With the Vitality Netball Superleague and community netball now back, we are getting very defensive at Thundercast, with Manchester Thunder's defensive players - Kerry Almond and Rebekah Airey joining us.

Manchester Thunder's new Performance Operations Director, Tracey Neville, also drops in, talking tactics, team sheets and a view from the bench along side Karen Greig.