{"id":119057,"date":"2021-08-25T00:33:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T00:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119057"},"modified":"2021-08-25T03:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T03:59:12","slug":"disappointing-afl-move-leaves-netball-stranded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119057","title":{"rendered":"'Disappointing' AFL move leaves netball stranded"},"content":{"rendered":"

The boss of the GWS Giants Super Netball team<\/a> says it's "disappointing" the AFL has scheduled the Swans-Giants elimination final at the same time as the netball grand final.<\/p>\n

The Giants are involved in both matches, with the netball decider against the Sydney Swifts<\/a> set down for a 3pm start on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The AFL has scheduled the Swans-Giants match<\/a> to start at 3.20pm, leaving the club's fans with a major dilemma.<\/p>\n

** The Super Netball grand final between GWS Giants and Sydney Swifts will be live on Nine from 2:30pm Saturday **<\/strong><\/p>\n

"It's obviously disappointing. We would love it to be scheduled differently, but it's not easy for us to control," Giants general manager Tim Underwood told the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"GWS<\/p>\n

"What we are going to demonstrate and what our fans will need to demonstrate is how to operate two screens. I would hope it doesn't actually impact our viewership as a total code."<\/p>\n

Netball had originally expected to have the grand final on a weekend free of AFL, with the draw including a bye for all teams between round 23 and the first week of finals.<\/p>\n

But earlier this month the AFL removed the bye<\/a>, instead choosing to start the finals a week early.<\/p>\n

"It's probably disappointing [the AFL] didn't consider us, but I wouldn't think they would think of us," Underwood said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"The reality is that all sport is just doing their best to get their competition away as best as they can. It's just unlucky."<\/p>\n

Netball Australia boss Kelly Ryan said the conflict between the two events was a shame.<\/p>\n

"I would love to have them aligned, so there was no clash," she told the Sydney Morning Herald. "But we do appreciate what everyone's going through in the sport."<\/p>\n

"Obviously it would have been better if we worked together," she said. "It would have also been fantastic from a sport in NSW perspective considering what NSW is going through."<\/p>\n

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