2024 Fast5 Netball World Series

I would love for Australia to do a internal test match with two teams made up of current diamonds and up and comers just to keep the netball coming and blood some netballers

Could have
Lucy Austin
Sophie Dwyer
Georgie horjus
Hannah Mundy
JlP
RBD
Ervin

Vs
Garbin
Dwan
Watson
Williams
Parmenter
Jenner
Bruce/Klau

Would be cool to see and be a fun little friendly match if they made it a tradition

This fast five Aussie team really has shown the potential depth that is being under-utilised

Hard to go past Salmon and L. Austin as players of the tournament.

Interestingly for Australia, I don’t think they would have gone as well without TOS (and she was a replacement player for Ellis), and who would have covered GD had Sligar not replaced Walters? Williams probably, but would not have been as effective.

The reserve players really proved their worth!

@benmac4 they used to do a President 12 series back in the late 90s, early 2000s. The P12 team was the Aus B side, who would play a best of 5 (or 3) series against the Diamonds before they would take off on tour. They were great to watch. Wish they still did them now.
NZ would do the same too, although I can’t remember if it was ever televised?
I do remember when NZ did a Star Series (I think that’s what it was called?). It comprised of 4 teams, 1 being the English national team. And then a north, south and central team all having SFs, squad members and under 21 players.

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That is really sad to read, and probably sours thr whole thing for them a bit. I thought they were brilliant, them and the two nz teams all had amazing routines – the others are slowly getting more into it each year.

I hate how social media has allowed people to sit (fairly anonymously) in front of their screens and dish vile abuse out like they’re not actually talking about real people, with real feelings. I’m angry for them over this.