Keeping them honest: Super Netball defenders the stars of Round 1

While goal keeper is far from the glamour position of Super Netball, there is no doubt the keepers were the match winners this weekend

Tall, gazelle-esque match-winners, goal shooters are the “shiny things” of the netball world, often rightly demanding the spotlight, but in round one of Super Netball at the weekend, it was a clutch of goal keepers who shone brightest.

A United Nations of circle defenders – including Jamaican Shamira Sterling, England stalwart Geva Mentor and rising Australian stars Emily Mannix and Sarah Klau – showed that the last line of defence is often the best. Each was influential in their respective side’s banking a win in a first round that was full of surprises.

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