When the Arsenal football team were crowned ‘Invincibles’ for their unbeaten season in 2003-04, it was an achievement considered almost impossible to emulate, in any sport.
Manchester Thunder obviously missed that false punditry, as they completed an incredible unbeaten season in the Netball Superleaguie with a thrilling 60-53 defeat of last year’s champions, Loughboorough Lightening...
The Vitality Roses have selected 24 players for the 2021-22 international season, building up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where the side will be defending their historic gold medal from the last Games.
Of the 24 players selected, 17 are UK–based athletes playing their domestic netball at Vitality Netball Superleague clubs. The remaining seven players currently play...
Seventeen years after her father Paul first played for Manchester United, Alicia Scholes made her Manchester Thunder debut in a 60-27 win against Severn Stars in the Vitality Superleague.
The 19-year-old was one of a number of young players who impressed as Thunder hit top spot with a third consecutive victory.
"Our youngsters are really stepping up for us," said head coach...
The Vitality Roses ran out 55-43 winners against the Superleague All Stars in the third and final match of the Legends Series for a 3-0 clean sweep.
Having been hastily assembled following the cancellation of Jamaica's tour of England, the All Stars side put in arguably their best performance of the series in the final game. Desptite trailing 21-26 at half-time, the All Stars won the...
Netball has benefited from a £4 million cash injection from the government as part of a wider support package for elite sport to help get through the current coronavirus crisis.
The money, provided in the form of grants and long-term, low-interest loans, will be split equally between England Netball and Superleague Netball.
In total, the government has earmarked £300 million...
England Netball coach Jess Thirlby will be forced to supervise the squad remotely for their tour of New Zealand after testing positive for coronavirus. Thirlby will not travel with the Vitality Roses so Kat Ratnapala will be in charge on the ground instead.
The 16 players and remaining staff have all received two negative tests and have been cleared to travel, although they will...
Leeds Rhinos have shown they intend to be taken seriously as a new franchise by announcing Vitality Roses star Jade Clarke as their first signing ahead of an inaugural season in the Superleague in 2021.
Clarke joins following two successful seasons at Wasps and having been named in the England squad to take on New Zealand later this year.
Head Coach of the Vitality Roses, Jess Thirlby has revealed the names of 16 players who will travel with her to New Zealand to face the Silver Ferns this October.
The England side are set to fly to New Zealand on 8 October, after which the team will quarantine for two weeks before facing the world champions on 28 October, 30 October and 1 November.
The Vitality Roses are set to travel to New Zealand in October to face world champions the Silver Ferns amidst a COVID-19 disrupted international season.
The three-Test Cadbury Netball Series, with the Taini Jamison Trophy on the line, will see the Vitality Roses step on court against the Silver Ferns for the first time since January 2020.
