After losing the first three games of the season, many wrote off the fledging franchise. They knew it and they used it for fuel
In the end, it was all about balance. The Sunshine Coast Lightning won their second straight Super Netball premiership on the back of an all-court performance. Not flashy individual efforts, not spectacular intercepts in the dying seconds, not coaching trickery.
In the 62-59 win over a gallant West Coast Fever at Perth Arena, the Noeline Taurua-coached Lightning played old-fashioned “you-do-your-job-and-I’ll-do-mine” netball and refused to lay down and die. The performance was personified by shooter Steph Wood, who made a gutsy decision to see out the match after colliding heavily with the goal post in the first quarter.
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