Netball: Taumaunu keeping an eye on Mystics malaise
They are not quite on notice but Silver Ferns coach Wai Taumaunu expects her international players in the ailing Mystics to come to the fore in coming weeks.
They are not quite on notice but Silver Ferns coach Wai Taumaunu expects her international players in the ailing Mystics to come to the fore in coming weeks.
The Northern Mystics, so desperately poor on the court, are close to imploding off it as their season goes from bad to embarrassing.
The number of injury compensation claims accepted from netball players has increased sharply, far outstripping the rise in the number of people playing the sport.
The fierce public debate that erupted last week over the increasing physicality in netball highlighted that many fans have a different understanding of the rules to that of the umpires.
Netball - how do I put this delicately? You're too gosh darn sensitive, writes Dana Johannsen.
Netball NZ insists no pressure is on Mt Albert Grammar's Jamie Lee Price to make a decision regarding her long-term international future.
Beaten by the competition easybeats, the Northern Mystics have officially hit rock-bottom.
As concerns mount over the increasing physicality in netball, transtasman league officials are preparing to introduce a new judicial review system.
ANZ Championship officials decided to let Irene van Dyk off with a warning. If they imagine their response has done netball any good, they are mistaken.
As netball enters a new era of professionalism - and professional fouls - there are concerns umpires are in danger of being left behind.
The furore that has erupted after Irene van Dyk's claims of Aussie brutality indicates it is time for netball bosses to take a stance on overt physicality in the game.
Irene van Dyk won't face any penalties for her outburst as league officials look to draw a line under the debate that has seen netball's image take a battering.
Veteran West Coast Fever coach Norma Plummer has dismissed allegations of dirty play from netball legend Irene van Dyk as "sad" and the words of a frustrated player.
The level of physicality in netball's transtasman league is getting out of hand after claims of rough-house tactics marred another round of the competition.
Transtasman league officials will make a decision today over whether Irene van Dyk will face sanctions for her post-match outburst in Perth.
Holding onto fourth-quarter leads hasn't been a hallmark of the Central Pulse in years gone by.
The debate over the increased physicality in the transtasman netball league erupted again as Irene van Dyk hit out at the rough-house tactics of the West Coast Fever defenders.
Irene van Dyk has unleashed a stinging attack on the aggressive defensive tactics employed by the West Coast Fever after her side's loss in Perth.
A major philosophical divide between how New Zealand and Australia view netball should be played has emerged in the wake of allegations of Aussie thuggery.
Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu is closely monitoring the workload of Mystics utility Kayla Cullen this season.