The New South Wales Swifts have upset two-time premiers Sunshine Coast Lightning to win the Super Netball grand final 47-64.
With Sarah Klau driving the Swifts forward and Trinidadian shooter Sam Wallace in fine form, the underdogs established an early break and held off several Lightning fightbacks.
The third quarter was key, with Lightning getting back into the game before a Swifts blitz in the final minutes which saw them take a 10-goal lead into the last quarter.
Lightning went into the final on a nine-game winning streak, which itself was off the back of striking twice for titles in 2017 and 2018.
Swifts Paige Hadley, who came back from her own run of bad form, told Channel Nine it was an amazing achievement after 11 years without a flag.
“I’m just so, so proud of these girls,” Hadley said. “We came out all year and we said that we could do this and here we are.”
More to come.
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