A formal complaint over a post-game handshake. A coach barred from sitting on the bench. LINDA PEARCE delves inside the Pies-Vixens rivalry. When Kim Ravaillion arrived as one of all-star Magpies’ most trumpeted recruits, she was a little surprised by the intensity of a new rivalry that surpassed what the dual-premiership Firebird had experienced against … [Read more…]
A hot favourite to replace Collingwood Magpies — amid doubts over their Super Netball future — has withdrawn from the race to join Australia’s top competition. Geelong Netball Club, touted as a favourite to replace Collingwood Magpies netball club, should it fold, have declared they have no intent on applying for a Super Netball licence … [Read more…]
A Super Netball team backed by Australia’s most powerful football club could inexplicably fold after this season. In Part II of a special report, LINDA PEARCE reveals what caused the downfall. Rob Wright knows his three years as assistant and then head coach of Collingwood netball were disastrous. Horrific, to use another favoured word. He … [Read more…]