Super Netball have introduced rule changes that have livened up the contest while average crowds and broadcast figures are on the rise.Super Netball have introduced rule changes that have livened up the contest while average crowds and broadcast figures are on the rise.fans with a defensive play in round four, moving into Shamera Sterling-Humphrey’s path and causing the Thunderbirds’ goal keeper to fall to the ground. Price was penalised, but no further sanction was given.
The flashy super shot did not attract crowds to the game as promised, but it appears the latest umpiring interpretations are having a greater impact on the entertainment quality of games.
In the previous seven seasons of Super Netball, the full game management process under the old rules was only applied in its entirety once. In 2020, during the Covid-19 hub season in Queensland,, then finally ordered off for the final nine minutes of a game, which the Giants lost by one goal despite playing the majority of the final quarter with only six players.