The Adelaide Thunderbirds have downed the NSW Swifts 60 to 48 in Sydney, shooting to top place on the Super Netball ladder after West Coast Fever defeated the Melbourne Vixens earlier in the day. The Swifts didn’t make it easy for them however, holding the Thunderbirds to one of their smallest winning margins this season. The 12 point loss is the Swifts’ seventh consecutive defeat this season, their worst ever streak in the club’s proud history.
Watch every game of the Suncorp Super Netball Season live on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial today > Coach Briony Akle said, “I’m really disappointed. We were in there, with three and five (point) difference.
“When you’ve had a season like we’ve had, you dig deeper for one percenters, two percenters.” Akle acknowledged how difficult it had been for the team in the wake of the club’s separation from strike shooter Sam Wallace-Joseph. She said, “I know they’re a great group of athletes who’ve gone through a rough time.
They will come out the other side, they are too good not to. They are champion players that will rebound and we are excited by that.” Like every other team this season the Swifts struggled against a smothering Adelaide defence that finished with 15 gains.
Romelda Aiken-George of the Thunderbirds reacts during the round 13 Super Netball match between NSW Swifts and Adelaide Thunderbirds at Ken Rosewall Arena, on July 07, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images).
