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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Erin Delahunty

Adelaide Thunderbirds win first Super Netball title in extra-time thriller

Thunderbirds players celebrate after winning the Super Netball Grand Final.
Thunderbirds players celebrate after winning the Super Netball Grand Final. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

In the cult TV series Ted Lasso, a football manager some like to mock hangs a simple sign in his new team’s changing room. It says “BELIEVE”.

And on Saturday at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena, it was old-fashioned belief – instilled by Tania Obst, a coach some have ridiculed, and her assistants Tracey Neville and Cathy Fellows – that was the driving force in the Adelaide Thunderbirds’ first Super Netball premiership win.

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