RESULT JUST GETS AWAY FROM THE FIREBIRDS
SUPER NETBALL ROUND 6 LADDER
West Coast Giants Lightning Swifts Firebirds Vixens Magpies Adelaide
P W 6 5 6 4 6 3 6 4 6 3 6 3 6 2 6 0
L 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 6
D +/- BP 0 31 15 0 32 12 0 12 16 0 3 10 0 9 12 0 6 11 0 1 14 0 -94 2
Pts 35 28 28 26 24 23 22 2 THE away-game angst continued for the Firebirds with another fourth-quarter failure helping Collingwood grab a 67-62 upset win over Queensland in the Super Netball clash in Launceston.
All three of the Firebirds’ losses this season have come on the road and the latest mistake-riddled effort saw them drop from third to fifth on the ladder.
The teams were level at three quarter-time, but Collingwood outscored the fumbling visitors 17-12 in the final term for just their second win from six outings.
The Firebirds (3-3) enter the competition-wide bye this weekend wondering what may have been, with disappointing on-the-road losses to the NSW Swifts, GWS Giants and now Collingwood being in stark contrast to the impressive wins over the Lightning, Vixens and Fever.
Just a week after dismantling the previously unbeaten West Coast, a flat Queensland failed to fire in Romelda Aiken’s 150th national league match.