From 'good temper and pluck' to fierce international rivalry: the story of netball
- Written by Rochelle Eime, Associate Professor of Sport Participation, Federation University Australia
Commonwealth Games netball is effectively a proxy world championship.
In the 2018 lineup of 12 competing teams are world champs Australia (the Diamonds), world runners up New Zealand (the Silver Ferns) and the remaining teams that make up the world’s top ten ranked countries.
The Australia – New Zealand rivalry has a long history of...
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