Gretel Tippett: netball’s most polarising figure heading for World Cup | Erin Delahunty

Every possible Diamonds selection permutation now includes Tippett, even if that might not sit well with traditionalists

When Gretel Tippett calmly sunk her first attempt less than a minute into Sunday’s game against Adelaide, she made history as the only Australian to shoot 100 consecutive goals in a domestic season – and booked her ticket to Liverpool for July’s Netball World Cup.

Tippett, netball’s most polarising figure, shot an impressive 27 from 28 and repeatedly bamboozled world-class defenders, but she couldn’t drag her Queensland Firebirds over the line. Without an injured Romelda Aiken, they went down 54-51 and now sit on the bottom of the Super Netball ladder, after round five produced several upsets.

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