HOUSBY’S SUPER INTERCEPT HELPS TO GET SWIFTS HOME
SHE’S an international shooter whose main job is to put the ball through the hoop. But Helen Housby y has come up with few w more important plays than the intercept she took two minutes from fulltime as her NSW Swifts attempted to withstand the super shooting of the Giants and a fightback that almost got them across the line.
The Swifts hung on to win their second Super Netball title 63-59 after leading by as much as 10 points early in the final term. The all-NSW final had promised to be something special with both teams representing represen a state nearing the end e of a second month mo in lockdown. Both teams left Sydney on June 23, scrambling out of NSW before it entered lockdown lo while believing beli they would be away from fr home for less than a week. Sixty-seven days and four states later, the Swifts and Giants were the last two standing and both paid emotional tribute to NSW residents after the toughest Super Netball season in history.