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Here If You Need - The Netball Pod · Saturday · 55 min

England Have the Resources - So What Is Going Wrong? | Commonwealth Games Wrap - Part Two

The medals have been decided. Now Emily and Nia are ranking the Commonwealth Games top four—and Part Two comes with questions England cannot avoid. Why are the Roses still so far behind the leading nations despite their resources and centralised programme? Did the squad have enough depth? Is the Netball Super League preparing players for major tournaments? And what must England Netball do next, from player support to the search for a permanent head coach? Then it is on to one of the great Commonwealth Games semi-finals: Jamaica making Australia look genuinely panicked, Courtney Bruce's role as netball's pantomime villain, and why one defeat does not erase the Diamonds' status as the sport's blueprint. Emily and Nia also celebrate Jamaica's silver-medal story before unpacking New Zealand's perfectly timed gold-medal run, Noeline Taurua's remarkable return and the tactical move that turned Mila Reuelu-Buchanan into a championship-winning wing defence. **Covered in Part Two:** - Why England's fourth-place finish demands answers - Whether England's programme and the NSL are giving players what they need - The permanent head-coach search - England's standout players and selection decisions - How Jamaica made Australia panic - Courtney Bruce: pantomime villain or essential box office? - Why the Diamonds remain the blueprint - Jamaica's underdog story and silver medal - New Zealand's tactical masterclass - Noeline Taurua's extraordinary gold-medal return Part One ranks the teams from 12th to fifth.

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The medals have been decided. Now Emily and Nia are ranking the Commonwealth Games top four—and Part Two comes with questions England cannot avoid.


Why are the Roses still so far behind the leading nations despite their resources and centralised programme? Did the squad have enough depth? Is the Netball Super League preparing players for major tournaments? And what must England Netball do next, from player support to the search for a permanent head coach?


Then it is on to one of the great Commonwealth Games semi-finals: Jamaica making Australia look genuinely panicked, Courtney Bruce's role as netball's pantomime villain, and why one defeat does not erase the Diamonds' status as the sport's blueprint.


Emily and Nia also celebrate Jamaica's silver-medal story before unpacking New Zealand's perfectly timed gold-medal run, Noeline Taurua's remarkable return and the tactical move that turned Mila Reuelu-Buchanan into a championship-winning wing defence.


**Covered in Part Two:**


- Why England's fourth-place finish demands answers

- Whether England's programme and the NSL are giving players what they need

- The permanent head-coach search

- England's standout players and selection decisions

- How Jamaica made Australia panic

- Courtney Bruce: pantomime villain or essential box office?

- Why the Diamonds remain the blueprint

- Jamaica's underdog story and silver medal

- New Zealand's tactical masterclass

- Noeline Taurua's extraordinary gold-medal return


Part One ranks the teams from 12th to fifth.