LAST time they met West Coast Fever win maiden premiership

from RD1 FEVER v VIXENS, Suncorp Super Netball 2023, RAC Arena, 18 MARCH 4PM AWST

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at RAC Arena in the 2022 Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final on Sunday, July 3.

Fever won every quarter and led by as much as 14 goals, with every player on the court performing at the highest standard when it mattered most to take down minor premiers Melbourne Vixens in the season decider.

Vixens scored first off the opening centre pass and led early before sensational defence from Courtney Bruce created a turnover to see Fever hit the front and move ahead by three goals.

Who will ever forget the last time these two sides met!

West Coast Fever claimed the club’s maiden National League Premiership with a spectacular win in front of a record crowd

The Vixens reduced the margin to one entering the power five before Grand Final MVP Sasha Glasgow hit her first Suncorp Super Shot attempt and then sunk another to extend Fever’s advantage to four goals at quarter time.

The teams traded goals to start the second term before the Vixens had a run to reduce the margin to a goal. However Fever responded and reinstated a five-goal lead at the midway point of the quarter, seeing the Vixens take a timeout.

Fever edged ahead to a 35-29 lead at half time, with Fowler taking her individual total to 26 goals and Glasgow increasing hers to six, including three Super Shots.

Fever maintained their six-goal lead through to the halfway mark of the third quarter before another Glasgow Super Shot as the power five commenced increased the margin to eight.

Intense defence forced a Vixens held ball and helped Fever lead by 11 before a Vixens’ Super Shot saw the scoreboard read 54-45 at the final break.

Fever increased their lead to 12 as the fourth quarter commenced and maintained that buffer until the middle of the term when Stacey Francis-Bayman entered the game to roar from the Green Army.

Fever still led by 12 entering the power five and finished the job, sealing the win in front of a record netball crowd at RAC Arena.