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@leaseM_87 @nettytalk5 I once asked her on a netball group if she ever had anything positive to say. She didn’t respond.

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@shaymcgg Paige was so good today. Definitely had a point to prove.

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@NetballScoop I think you forgot Parmy

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@RenInOz @jessbee1999 @jordiashley Absolutely cutting sarcasm aside, I genuinely don’t know how anyone could have read this discussion and believed that anyone was presenting pregnancy as a ‘non issue’. I expect better from my sport. It’s as simple as that.

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@RenInOz @jessbee1999 @jordiashley Pregnancy is a physiological reality when you are actually pregnant. Once you’ve had the baby you’re an individual on your own timeline. Naming injured players with the assumption they will recover fully and regain past form is no more data driven than naming a mum.

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@YaThinkN @jessbee1999 I feel like it’s sending a very clear message to the players over 30 that pregnancy will end your international career. Nobody could have done more than Paige to be physically fit and ready.

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@jessbee1999 At a time when SSN is making huge strides for mums returning to play, this feels really yuck. It’s a big squad, there’s room. Parmy has had chances before and hasn’t stepped up, ATN is coming back from a significant injury. And Macy f-ing Gardner. What an insult.

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@leaseM_87 In our area the council would inspect the grounds on Friday. So if it was raining Friday they’d close them. And then you’d wake up to beautiful sunny weather on Saturday with all the games called off and an upset kid.

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@wanderingfijian She’s had chances and hasn’t impressed. In SSN she relies on umpire leniency with her late and physical challenges. She’s too much of a risk with international umpires. And we have plenty of WD cover.

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@Kat_Dumont I agree it’s not a good look but shooters do it all the time and never get called.

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@JessLMas As a Swifts fan I’m very annoyed that Lightning gets the depleted Vixens while we will probably get the full strength version next week, maybe with a point to prove.

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@Bailey92035278 I think it’s an important reminder not to assume a player’s on court actions exemplify their entire personality. Applies to Klau, Bruce, JLP etc. Playing netball competitively doesn’t make you an awful person.

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@jeremypeterrich I can’t remember which podcast it was on but weeks ago I heard someone saying she trained right up til birth, was looking phenomenal and was aiming to return asap. So it’s not like she made a snap decision.

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@_BrittanyCarter Small correction- Firebirds v Swifts was played in Brisbane not Sydney.

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@JessLMas If she stays injury free I think Teigan O’Shannassy is looking good for a Diamonds call up.

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@KateWalther6 @unicorndreamsz I don’t think there’s anything to announce, Proud is contracted just on maternity leave.

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WTH are Giants social media doing? First the ‘arrivals’ board then the Taylor Swift story that made everyone think they were signing Fraser. #ssnsignings

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@leaseM_87 I think someone needs to throw a bucket of water over the social media person. Massively raised expectations with that arrivals board and then …fizzle. It’s not fair on the players.

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Commentators really seeing their role as assistant coaches for Lightning. #LIGvSWI