Erin Delahunty

Freelance journalist

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Evolution key to netball's survival in crowded market
Netball, like other sports, must be receptive to change, to ensure it continues to thrive in an increasingly cluttered landscape.
Plain Janes better beware of netball's big Cat
A Kiwi sharpshooter will bring plenty of personality and blunt words to Super Netball.
Australia retain Constellation Cup with win over New Zealand
After a 10-goal loss to arch-rivals New Zealand in the Quad Series last month, the Diamonds on Wednesday retained the Constellation Cup with a 55-43 win over the Silver Ferns.
Jobs with a difference break the daily grind
“So, what do you do?” is the universal icebreaker. The answer is often a lament about the tedious and not-especially fascinating daily grind.
Diamonds under serious pressure in Constellation Cup
After a shock 10-goal loss to the Silver Ferns last month, the Diamonds are in unfamiliar territory heading into the first Test of the Constellation Cup in Auckland.
Northern Victorian piggery taps into its manure for energy
A family-owned piggery in northern Victoria is about to unplug from the grid and rely on a $1 million biogas system for all its power.
Pilot program tackles gaps in child protection support
Victoria Legal Aid has warned lawyer numbers are failing to keep up with a rise in child protection cases in some regional areas.
The bashful kid who has Sharni Layton-sized shoes to fill
They call them sliding door moments; flashes in time that shift lives. For emerging netball star Courtney Bruce the first came a decade ago.
Workload takes toll on 'exhausted' Sharni Layton
Sharni Layton is many things. She's a star netballer with a swag of World Cup and Commonwealth gold. She the game's only true cult figure.
Meet two Victorian families putting sustainability first
It's the new sea change. A seemingly idyllic solar-powered existence, without jaw-dropping bills. It’s living “off the grid” & for two Victorian families, it’s becoming a reality.
Lightning beat Giants to win inaugural Super Netball title
Caitlin Bassett and Stephanie Wood shine for Lightning in grand final.
Successful season set for final denouement
Collingwood wobbled. Wallets opened, stadiums heaved and TV ratings swelled.
A Sporting Discussion, Ep59
I joined Andrew Donnison and AJ Mithen of the A Sporting Discussion podcast to discuss the first week of the Suncorp Super Netball finals series.
The Guardian's guide to playing netball - goal defence
Goal defenders are netball's great chameleons, required to be fast-moving, canny and adaptable to change.
A whole new ball game
The new Super Netball league has kicked off. This is the guide you won't get anywhere else.
The Guardian's guide to playing netball - goal keeper
They're the self-styled anti-princesses of netball. They ones with skun knees and booming voices. The ones who hassle, hector and harangue.
Collingwood's stars have air of invincibility – on paper at least
They are netball's "galácticos". A band of stars, each so talented in their own right that collectively, they should be unbeatable.
The Guardian's guide to playing netball - goal attack
Contrary to their reputation as ponytail-tossing glory-seekers, goal attacks have one of the most complex and critical assignments on the netball court.
The Guardian's guide to playing netball - wing defence
It's netball's thankless task. A position which requires unceasing doggedness, the speed and conditioning of a sprinter, tactical nous and the disposition to allow others to...
The Guardian's guide to playing netball - centre
With access to more court real estate than any other player, a centre can have a huge influence on a netball game, but as Peter Parker knows, with great power, comes great...
'It's a huge deal': Australia's rugby sevens team honoured
Theirs was the Olympic story that intoxicated the nation. A young team, drawn from disparate sports, playing a new version of an old game in an electrifying way ... chasing...
Diamonds stunned by Silver Ferns in Constellation Cup
Thanks to a blistering defensive performance from 33-year-old Silver Fern Anna Harrison - who hassled, harangued and intimidated Diamonds' goaling superstar Caitlin Bassett -...
Bassett leads Diamonds masterclass against Ferns
Australian superstar Caitlin Bassett put on a shooting masterclass in Sydney this afternoon to lead her netball Diamonds to victory over the Silver Ferns in the first Test of...
Forget negativity, new netball league could pass pub test
In New Zealand top netballers are household names, a situation that could be repeated in Australia if the new national league captures the public imagination
A Sporting Discussion, Ep29
I joined Andrew Donnison and AJ Mithen of the A Sporting Discussion podcast to discuss the landmark netball pay deal.
Netball Australia pay deal throws down gauntlet
Game on. That's the message from Australia's netball bosses, who today threw down the gauntlet to other elite female sports - or should that be, wannabe elite female sports - by...
Information vacuum running risk of alienating netball fans
They say patience is a virtue. But fans of elite netball across Australia, including this one - so excited about the inaugural all-Australian league in 2017, featuring teams...
Taekwondo star Carmen Marton is one kick-arse chick!
She's torn a hamstring, shattered her wrist twice, broken her arm and generally been beaten from pillar to post in a life dedicated to taekwondo. But 67kg Carmen Marton, the...
Thanks for the memories, ANZ Championship
"This is our last goodbye,I hate to feel the love between us die,But it's over ..." American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley certainly wasn't lamenting the end of a trans-Tasman...
Gainsford-Taylor names track & field medal hopes
While the Australian track and field team is missing its best medal chance at this Games, with hurdle superstar Sally Pearson out injured, retired sprint champion and track and...

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