Netball voices, match detail, and court-side reflection.
The Netball Show keeps close to the people inside netball, from Super Netball voices to players reflecting on injury, selection, form, and development. Its best moments come when a simple match question opens into something larger about confidence, standards, leadership, and belonging.
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The Netball Show is a netball-focused interview program with a steady eye on performance, pathways, and the people shaping the sport. It has a warm, plain-spoken style. Recent episodes stay close to Super Netball, Super League experience, club environments, and the everyday work behind competition. The conversations often begin with something specific. A loss, a debut, a derby, a selection call, or a return from injury becomes the doorway into a broader reflection on standards and growth. Leah Middleton's episode traces a late start in Australia through Queensland representative netball and her time around the Firebirds. Ella Bowen's conversation moves from school and early club netball into Super League reflection, injury frustration, and learning from Jeeva. Kiri Wills talks about energy, intent, and the relentless pressure of SSN fixtures. Dan Ryan returns to themes of Fever identity, response, discipline, combinations, and finishing a game properly. Elsa Sif Sandholt describes being ready when called from the bench and testing herself against defenders of a high standard. Gerard Murphy and Amy Parmenter bring the emotional texture of close results, leadership, club openness, crowds, and the experience of trying to build something visible. Kate Maloney and Riley Batchelor's studio appearance brings derby talk, rotations, young talent, and the practical feel of a season still taking shape. The show is strongest when it lets people explain the small details behind familiar phrases. It does not rush every answer into a headline. Instead, it lets people sit with what worked, what did not, and what has to change by the next game. The coverage assumes netball matters. It also makes room for the personal side of a professionalizing sport, especially where confidence, team culture, injury, and opportunity overlap. Listeners get names, clubs, fixtures, roles, and memories, but also the softer connective tissue around them. It is specialist without being cold. It is earnest without being sugary. For followers who care about how teams actually prepare, respond, and develop, The Netball Show offers a grounded weekly window into the sport.
Made for: For netball followers who want informed, interview-led coverage of people, clubs, and competitions. It especially suits listeners who care about development pathways, team culture, tactical choices, and women's sport being discussed with seriousness.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by letting netball people speak at length about the details behind performances rather than forcing every conversation into quick debate. It connects match moments to culture, confidence, leadership, and growth.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Direct interviews connect netball's on-court decisions with the careers, club structures and grassroots work that sustain the sport.
The Netball Show builds its coverage around Andy's direct interviews with the people shaping the sport. Conversations move from playing careers and coaching relationships to Super League recruitment, club identity and the practical work of growing netball beyond its established…
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A reflective look at Ella Bowen, Jeeva, and the Rhinos season that tested the team.
PlayNext's Sports beat offers a reflective Super League chat with Ella Bowen, following her route from Barnard Castle and Oaksway Netball to Rhinos while keeping the attention on the people around her.
A sharp netball discussion with late-game lessons, loud energy, and a leader who steadies the group.
Amy Parmenter comes through as a steady, attentive presence in an episode shaped by the fine line between good work and a result that gets away.
Kate Maloney and Riley Batchelor frame Melbourne's growing derby through Bendigo, rotations, roles, and rivalry identity.
The Melbourne Derby lands as a rivalry still finding its edge, and Kate Maloney and Riley Batchelor give the early Vixens-Mavericks meeting enough context to feel worth tracking.
A warm Team Bath conversation about belonging, development and the friendships built through netball.
The Netball Show frames Jess Thelby and Anna Stembridge's Team Bath Hall of Fame induction as more than a formal honour, using it to trace a partnership shaped by age-group netball, shared standards and the blue-and-gold pull of Team Bath.
A warm, informed look at Thunder's rebrand, the Super Shot, and Mavericks' next step.
Manchester Thunder's rebrand and the return of the Super Shot frame this review around a practical question: how does the Super League turn a bold new phase into something lasting?
A practical look at Netball America's grassroots push to grow the sport in America.
The Netball Show frames American netball's growth problem in concrete, ground-level terms. Sonia Ottaway, CEO of Netball America, describes a sport trying to build space beside major American sports it cannot yet match for reach or resources.
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Netball talk from the coaching seat.
Galway GAA, talked through properly.
Spurs supporters talking through the crisis together.
Australian netballer Leah Middleton discusses her journey from starting netball at age 15 to playing professionally.
A netball player reflects on her team's emotional victory and discusses how her retirement announcement became a turning point that improved team performance and cohesion.
This episode features an interview with Natalie Pepperell, assistant coach of London Pulse netball team, discussing pre-season challenges, player integration, and talent development strategies.
Lindsay Chapman says the Super Shot "adds to the game" and forces teams like Nottingham Forest to adapt in the last five minutes.
Jodie Gibson reflects on finishing her Super League career with Loughborough Lightning at the O2 Arena in front of 10,000 people.
Andy interviews Sonia Ottaway, CEO of Netball America, about growing netball in the U.S.
This episode features an interview with netball player Leah Middleton discussing her late start in netball at age 15 in Australia, her rapid rise through Queensland state teams and Australian representative squads, and her experiences playing with notable teammates like Cara Conange and Mahalia Cassidy.
Ella Bowen joins The Netball Show for a warm, reflective look back at her Super League years.
A netball coach discusses improving team energy and intent after a disappointing game, previewing an upcoming match against the Giants.
Elsa Sif Sandholt discusses her experience coming off the bench in an SSN netball match, reflecting on playing against top defenders like Shamira Sterling-Huffrey and her evolving role on the team.
A netball coach discusses the team's recent performance, addressing a loss, preparing for an upcoming game against the Swifts, and managing player injuries and consistency.
This episode features an interview with Dan Ryan discussing a recent netball match, analyzing team performance across quarters, standout players, and strategic substitutions.
Amy and the host spend the episode on a close game and the small choices that kept it feeling so tight.
The Netball Show with Flyhawk brings Kate Maloney and Riley Batchelor into the studio to preview the Vixens–Mavericks Melbourne Derby at John Cain Arena on Saturday, 24th Mar 2026.
Jess Thelby and Anna Stembridge use their Team Bath Hall of Fame induction to revisit how Lynn Gunson, Ali Oliver, and Jed built a "completely pioneering" full-time netball programme.
This episode discusses Manchester Thunder's rebranding for the 2025/2026 season and analyzes the impact of the Super Shot rule in netball.
This episode features an interview with Sarah Boswell, CEO of Wales Netball, discussing the importance of the Dragons team remaining in the Netball Super League for player development and national representation.