Netball Super League International Player Watch
The UK’s Netball Super League (NSL) will run from Saturday 17th February, starting at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena with a Season Opener including all teams, until 29th June, where it will end at the Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, with a Grand Final.
International Fans can watch all the action unfold on NetballPass!
Here we have all the information you need to know, including the key international players we think you should look out for this season, where to watch, a game for you to play too!
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International Player Watch Preview
Each week we will be highlighting across our website and socials just some of the international talent competing in the NSL, with players from the UK’s home nations, South Africa, Uganda, Malawi and more involved across the 10 teams.
Click the team names below to reveal the players we think you keep an eye on each week (we have included a few clips from the NWC2023 too!)
After the Netball World Cup (NWC) took place in Africa for the first time in 2023, it only seems right to start with an international player from the host country South Africa.
SPAR Proteas shooter, Ine-Marí Venter, will remain a Maverick this year for her 4th season.
In 2023, the shooter scored 479 goals in the NSL, putting her 8th in the leagues goals scored chart, before going on to score 133 goals at the Netball World Cup 2023 (NWC2023) for her country.
You can re-watch Venter in action at her home NWC for free on NetballPass now.
Next up, we head to last year’s runners up Manchester Thunder.
Thunder aren’t short of England Roses, with the NWC2023 Silver Medallists captain Nat Metcalf back for her 3rd year in yellow and her international teammate Imogen Allison joining her for her first.
Allison impressed at the NWC2023, as England reached their first ever Grand Final in the event, and she made 18 interceptions, including the one in this TikTok, putting her 5th in the intercepts chart.
Another international star that remains at Thunder this year, and also brings an international teammate with her is South Africa’s Shadine van der Merwe, as Elemere van der Berg is set for her first Thunder season.
Van der Berg shone in Cape Town finishing the competition with 206 goals, putting her 9th in the goal scoring charts.
Severn Stars had their best ever NSL campaign in 2023, finishing in 6th place.
This season Stars welcome Welsh Feather Ella Powell-Davis to their roster.
Powell-Davis finished the NWC2023 with 9 defensive rebounds, putting her 10th in the charts, as well as 16 deflections, and 8 interceptions.
Here is a reminder of her on fire in Cape Town against Sri Lanka:
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Stars also welcome a South African international in Lefébre Rademan, as she returns from injury.
Leeds Rhinos step out with a new look squad this season after 11 players left at the end of last season.
Two international players who have signed for them include Australia Zoe Davis and England legend, Geva Mentor, who retired from international netball following the NWC2023.
Here she is in action at the NWC2023 as Malawi narrowly beat Tonga 51-56.
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Surrey Storm is another squad that has seen lots of changes this season with 10 players leaving.
However, they have also welcomed international talent in the form of Uganda’s, Haniisha Muhameed, and re-signed another She Crane, Proscovia Peace.
Peace was the NSL leading shooter for much of 2023 and helped propel Storm into the top four in 2023 for the first time in seven years. In May, she withdrew from the squad on medical grounds, meaning she also missed out on the NWC2023.
This will be Muhameed’s first season in the NSL, with Storm having picked her up following her outstanding performances in defence at the NWC2023 where she made 6 intercepts, 8 deflections and 7 defensive rebounds helping Uganda finish in 5th place.
You can catch up on Uganda’s NWC2023 matches and see Muhameed in action via NetballPass now.
Being the NSL’s only Scottish team, it is no surprise that Sirens squad consists of lots of Scottish Thistles including Emily Nicholl, Bethan Goodwin, Iona Christian and Cerys Cairns.
All four Thistles were part of Tamsin Greenway’s Scotland side at the NWC2023, where they finished in 10th place.
Here is a reminder of that Scottish side in action (swipe to see Goodwin doing what she does best):
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This is Christian’s first season at Sirens, as she has left Manchester Thunder at the end of the 2023 season.
Nicholl, Goodwin, and Cairns are three of just the four returning players to Sirens this year, with Malawi’s Towera Vinkhumbo the 4th.
Vinkhumbo was key for Sirens in 2023, as she finished top of the leagues interceptions charts with 75 intercepts, and she then went on to be key for Malawi as they finished 7th at the NWC2023, finishing 8th in the intercept’s charts at the competition, with 16 to her name.
From the only Scottish team in the league, to the only Welsh team in the league next up its Cardiff Dragons, who start the season with a new look having re-branded from Celtic Dragons.
Dragons welcome Leah Middleton from Surrey Storm this season, who this year made her Feather debut in the Wales Netball Series against Uganda. Middleton was awarded Player of the Match in the first game of the series where Wales beat Uganda 57-45.
Other Welsh Feathers in the side include Phillipa Yarranton and Georgia Rowe who has re-signed this season.
Both Yarranton and Rowe were key in the attacking circle for Wales at the NWC2023, with Rowe finishing 3rd in the goals scored charts with 250 goals to her name.
Check out this TikTok to see the duo link up against Scotland at the NWC2023 (We are still not sure how Yarranton kept that ball on court!)
Off the back of the NWC2023 the Dragons also welcome South Africa SPAR Protea, Khanyisa Chawane.
The centre court player previously made two appearances in the NSL for Team Bath in 2020, but her season was then cut short by COVID.
The defending Champions Loughborough Lightning will be pleased have re-signed last season’s NSL Gilbert top goal scorer Mary Cholhok this year.
After scoring 908 goals in the league, the Ugandan She Crane went on to score 185 goals at the NWC2023, where the She Cranes finished in 5th place.
We can’t wait to see more of this from Mary in the 2024 season!
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Also, in purple this season, we will see Scottish Thistle Niamh McCall as she makes the move from Sirens and South Africa SPAR Protea Nicola Smith, who will make her NSL debut.
Last year’s regular season table toppers, London Pulse, don’t have as many changes with 7 of their players staying from last season, including England Rose’s most capped player, Jade Clarke.
Pulse also welcome South Africa SPAR Protea, Nicholé Taljaard, who stole the stage at the NWC2023 scoring this equalising goal that led to South Africa’s famous draw against New Zealand, how could we not pull this clip back out!
We can’t wait to see more of this in the NSL season!
Team Bath have some returning and new international talent in their squad this year.
Welsh Feather, Bethan Dyke, is back for her 2nd season blue and gold after a great international period, where she finished the NWC2023 3rd in the circle feeds chart with 166 to her name.
Whilst Kadeen Corbin, previous England and now Barbados international, will also be back this season.
Joining Bath will be Scotland’s Emma Barrie, Sloan Burton from West Coast Fever in Australia and Lisa Putt from Robinhood Northern Stars in New Zealand.
Where to Watch
For the first time, the UK’s Netball Super League (NSL) will be available for international fans to watch live and on demand on NetballPass.
For just £39.95 fans outside of the UK and Northern Ireland will be able to purchase a season pass allowing them to watch all the games from the Season Opener, this Saturday 17th February, as well as two games per regular round, all the Play Offs and the Grand Final.
Alternatively, a round pass is also available for just £2.95.
To view the games that will be available on NetballPass, click here.
To sign up to NetballPass, click here.
Those within the UK and Northern Ireland will be able to watch on Sky Sports** and BBC Sport*.
* The following matches from the first 15 regular rounds will be shown across the BBC:
- Round 2: Saturday 24 February – Loughborough Lightning v Team Bath
- Round 3: Friday 1 March – Team Bath v Severn Stars
- Round 4: Saturday 9 March – Surrey Storm v Cardiff Dragons
- Round 5: Saturday 16 March – Loughborough Lightning v Leeds Rhinos
- Round 6: Saturday 23 March – Manchester Thunder v Loughborough Lightning
- Round 7: Saturday 30 March – Cardiff Dragons v London Pulse
- Round 8: Friday 5 April – London Pulse v Strathclyde Sirens
- Round 9: Saturday 13 April – Manchester Thunder v Leeds Rhinos
- Round 10: Friday 19 April – Loughborough Lightning v Saracens Mavericks
- Round 11: Friday 26 April – Severn Stars v London Pulse
- Round 12: Sunday 5 May – Severn Stars v Cardiff Dragons
- Round 13: Saturday 11 May – Manchester Thunder v Cardiff Dragons
- Round 14: Friday 17 May – Manchester Thunder v Saracens Mavericks
- Round 15: Saturday 25 May – Surrey Storm v Leeds Rhinos
**The following matches from the first 15 regular rounds will be shown on Sky Sports YouTube, and accessible via the Sky Sports website and app:
- Round 2: Saturday 24 February – _Saracens Mavericks v Leeds Rhinos
- Round 3: Saturday 2 March – _London Pulse v Loughborough Lightning
- Round 4: Friday 8 March – _Severn Stars v Manchester Thunder
- Round 5: Friday 15 March – _Manchester Thunder v Surrey Storm
- Round 6: Friday 22 March – _Leeds Rhinos v London Pulse
- Round 7: Friday 29 March – _Strathclyde Sirens v Loughborough Lightning
- Round 8: Sunday 7 April – _Saracens Mavericks v Manchester Thunder
- Round 9: Friday 12 April – _Team Bath v Cardiff Dragons
- Round 10: Friday 19 April – Manchester Thunder v Severn Stars
- Round 11: Sunday 28 April: Leeds Rhinos v Loughborough Lightning
- Round 12: Saturday 4 May – Loughborough Lightning v Manchester Thunder
- Round 13: Friday 10 May – London Pulse v Surrey Storm
- Round 14: Saturday 18 May – Surrey Storm v Severn Stars
- Round 15: Friday 24 May – Severn Stars v Saracens Mavericks