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    The Silver Ferns physio is backing the ANZ Premiership umpires in their policing of dangerous contact

    The Silver Ferns physio is backing the ANZ Premiership umpires in their policing of dangerous contact


    Northern Mystics assistant coach Rob Wright claims the netball is getting rougher, with the Central Pulse and Northern Stars in particular managing lengthy injury lists.

    World Netball this year introduced stricter rules around head and neck contact.

    Ferns physio Sharon Kearney says Pulse midcourter Whitney Souness' concussion in June against the Southern Steel is the competition's lone head knock.



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     10 Jul: Northern Mystics assistant coach Rob Wright believes the onus is on coaches to crackdown on rising bodily contact in the ANZ Premiership
     09 Jul: Former Silver Ferns defender Georgia Tong has announced her retirement from elite netball
     07 Jul: The Mystics have beaten the Steel 56-52 in round nine of ANZ Premiership netball
     06 Jul: The Mystics have maintained their firm grip at the top of the ANZ Premiership netball ladder after a tight 56-52 win over the Southern Steel in Auckland
     06 Jul: The Southern Steel are expecting key defender Carys Stythe to have a big influence on this afternoon's netball showdown against the Mystics in Auckland
     06 Jul: Silver Ferns defender Parris Mason has been hospitalised as a precaution after suffering a neck injury in the Central Pulse's 65-44 ANZ Premiership victory over the Stars in Wellington
     04 Jul: Rookie Mainland Tactix netball coach Donna Wilkins has been praised by one of her fiercest rivals, who's also a close friend
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