Increased physicality lays bare complexity of Super Netball season’s structure | Erin Delahunty

Fears over injuries in a World Cup year highlight the fraught nature of this season’s split competition

The “boom crash opera” of the most physical season yet of Super Netball went up an octave at the weekend, with bodies flying and lips splitting in a round which put national coaches preparing for July’s World Cup on edge.

Over two days which saw three score blow-outs and a thrilling draw, the step up in physicality predicted by players and pundits pre-season was on high-definition display – as was the cold, hard reality of this year’s World-Cup enforced split format, which puts Super Netball clubs and national programs at cross-purposes.

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