2021 SSN ROUND 1

I feel like Kelsey Browne is copping a lot of knocks, wonder if that’s the plan? Nelson has improved a great deal.

Have to say, love the new feature on Netball Live that lets viewers continue watching the matches outside of the app. Good on them for getting with what’s expected.

Sinclair called for a held ball but while she was tinkering with the three seconds it shouldn’t have been called because she was waiting for the pole to stop shaking after Shimmin shaked it… interesting call. On that note, I’m very happy to see Shimmin at Lightning, become very fond of her in the last few seasons, always a cracker to watch.

Interfering with the post by a defender is (now) only a penalty if it causes a shot to miss. No shot taken inside three seconds = no shot missed = no penalty. (And in any case, I’m not sure the defender interfered with the post rather than being knocked into it by her opponent.)

It wasn’t so much the post for me, it was Pretorius landing on her which I thought was what she was waiting for the call for!

It was a bit odd.

I did laugh when the commentators said how good Nelson’s hands were after she had fumbled her first 2 passes. I did like McCollin but wonder if she is going to be just put on for the super shot?

I personally rate McCollin much higher than Sinclair so it was quite surprising to see her play for all of three minutes. Especially when even Nelson wasn’t exactly dominating and McCollin shot well in the period she was on. I wonder if we’ll see more of her at GA in coming weeks.