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Donnell Wallam signs with Sunshine Coast Lightning, returning to Super Netball
Diamonds shooter Donnell Wallam will return to the Super Netball competition, signing with the Sunshine Coast Lightning for the 2026 season. Wallam spent the 2025 season across the Tasman, playing for the Northern Mystics in the ANZ Premiership, following a three-year stint with the Queensland Firebirds. But the 193-centimetre shooter is back in Queensland and joins the Lightning, which finished the 2025 season in fifth, one win outside of the semifinals. "I'm really excited to return to [Super Netball] next season, I feel like I still have more to give and more to learn from the league," she said. "Lightning have a good mix of experience and youth and I'm looking forward to seeing how I fit into the team. I'm also loving the idea of living so close to the beach again. "I play with a lot of passion and flare, and I'm excited to showcase that on the [Super Netball] stage again and in front of Lightning's passionate home crowd." Wallam was not offered a contract by the Firebirds at the end of 2024, despite being the second-highest goal scorer in the league that season. The Firebirds finished that season in last place, parted ways with then-head coach Bec Bulley with five matches remaining, and had an investigation launched by Netball Australia into the culture at the club. The Lightning have finished in the top four once in the previous four seasons, and were eliminated in the first round of the 2023 finals series. Wallam adds firepower to the Lightning front court, which scored the third-most goals in the league last season. Lightning coach Belinda Reynolds said Wallam's size and pinpoint shooting was an exciting prospect for the Queensland-based side. "Donnell has had an outstanding season with the Mystics in New Zealand. She's an exciting player to watch, and her strength and accuracy are unmatched," Reynolds said.
News.com.au
15 minutes ago
- News.com.au
SuperCoach EPL cheat sheet: Pick a Premier League fantasy team in five minutes
You don't need to spend hours of pouring over stats sheets or studying pre-season form to play SuperCoach. The beauty of Australia's favourite fantasy game is, however you want to approach the season — you can. There will be people who have spent weeks looking at spreadsheets and collating numbers since SuperCoach EPL launched for the first time. And of course, there will be others who pick a team in haste as the kick-off for the first game of the season approaches. That match is on Saturday at 5am when champions Liverpool host Bournemouth. The beauty of SuperCoach EPL is you can structure your team however you want and change your formation every week. There will be some coaches who focus on forward firepower and others who spend big in defence and try to bank clean sheet points. If you're late to SuperCoach EPL — or don't know who to pick — this is where you should start. GOALKEEPER Pick Dorde Petrovic — £4,500,000 Pick 1 of these guys Ederson £7,750,000 Alisson £7,420,000 Robert Sanchez £6,920,000 David Raya £6,770,000 Robin Roefs £3,900,000 James Trafford £3,900,000 Petrovic will start the campaign as Bouremouth's No. 1 after making a big-money move from Chelsea. You can either start him as your on-field keeper or put him on the bench and pay up for a top custodian like Alisson or Ederson. This is the position where many coaches have chosen to save money and go with an option like Robin Roefs who is cheap and will start the campaign in goal for Sunderland. DEFENDERS Pick 2-3 of these cheapies Ian Maatsen £4,770,000 Gabriel Gudmundsson £4,500,000 Patrick Dorgu £4,400,000 Kyle Walker £4,200,000 Leny Yoro £3,900,000 Adrien Truffert £3,750,000 El Hadji Malick Diouf £3,750,000 Pick 2-3 of these guys Virgil van Dijk £9,040,000 Milos Kerkez £8,470,000 Aaron Wan-Bissaka £8,290,000 Rayan Ait-Nouri £8,150,000 Marc Cucurella £7,650,000 Jeremie Frimpong £6,500,000 Matty Cash £6,490,000 Defence will be what separates many coaches. There are plenty of SuperCoaches will be happy to go cheap, especially with Manchester United appearing to offer plenty of value. But if champions Liverpool start strongly and van Dijk, Kerkez and Frimpong are scoring well, those who go with a premium defensive strategy will have an edge. MIDFIELDERS Pick at least one of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Jack Grealish — both £3,900,000 Pick Cole Palmer — £12,720,000 Pick 2 or 3 of these guys Jarrod Bowen £11,730,000 Bruno Fernandes £11,490,000 Enzo Fernandez £9,320,000 Delcan Rice £9,280,000 Youri Tielemans £9,080,000 Mikkel Daamsgaard £8,470,000 Dominik Szoboszkai £8,320,000 Elliot Anderson £8,130,000 Martin Odegaard £7,910,000 Rayan Cherki £7,000,000 Tijjani Reijnders £6,500,000 Grant Xhaka £6,500,000 Anton Stach £4,500,000 James McAtee £4,150,000 Myles Lewis-Skelly £3,900,000 Dewsbury-Hall and Grealish have emerged as standout cheapie options as moving from Chelsea and Manchester City respectively to Everton. Chelsea was a dream fixture to start the season and it's little surprise the Blues' talisman Cole Palmer is one of the most popular players in SuperCoach. Whether you can pair him with another premium such as Bruno Fernandes will come down to how much you plan on spending in defence and attack. FORWARDS Pick Erling Haaland — £11,570,000 Pick 2 of these guys Bukayo Saka — £10,470,000 Omar Marmoush — £8,640,000 Joao Pedro — £8,440,000 Ollie Watkins — £8,300,000 Florian Wirtz — £8,000,000 Morgan Rogers — £7,760,000 Viktor Gyokeres — £7,500,000 Cody Gakpo — £7,390,000 Hugo Ekitike — £6,500,000 Benjamin Sesko — £6,500,000 Thierno Barry — $4,500,000 Donyell Malan — £4,220,000 Haaland still netted 22 goals last season despite a campaign interrupted by injury and exacerbated by Manchester City's slump. The prolific Norwegian is the sixth most expensive player in SuperCoach but should really have a similar price tag to Mo Salah. Liverpool maestro Salah is the most expensive player by almost £3,000,000 but with trades at a premium, squeezing him in should pay off. Ollie Watkins has been on fire in pre-season and Donyell Malan has also impressed for Aston Villa. Big-money additions Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko could prove serious bargains at less than £8,000,000.
News.com.au
15 minutes ago
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Shane Warne's son spills on Australian cricket legend's cheeky habit
Shane Warne built a career off bamboozling opposition batsmen and his son Jackson has now revealed the Australian cricket legend was also far from an easy read for restaurant staff and patrons. The king of spin tragically died of a heart attack aged 52 on March 4, 2022, while staying at a luxury villa in Koh Samui, Thailand. But when he was alive, he was known for his insane sporting ability, charisma, quick wit and his childlike tastebuds. Warne was regularly seen downing a pizza, spaghetti bolognese or bacon sandwiches and would avoid fruit and vegetables at all costs. His pre-game preferences of baked beans on toast, and midgame snacks often raised eyebrows. Warne's friends often joked that his diet resembled that of a child rather than an athletic specimen. And in a rare insight into the sporting icon, his son Jackson revealed his father would even order takeaway from a different restaurant to the one he was at. 'You know (Japanese restaurant) Nobu and Rockpool at Crown?' Jackson said on the Life of Brian Podcast. 'There have been multiple times where he would have an important meeting or catch up with people there for dinner. 'He would go to the restaurants – he knew he wasn't going to eat anything – he would be looking at the menu (and say), 'I don't eat steak, these fish and oysters, no thanks, not for me'. 'So 40 minutes later, there would be a pizza from Gradi, just around the corner. 'He would be eating a pizza from a different restaurant in one of the restaurants there.' It isn't the first time light has been shed on Warne's truly unique dining traditions. Aussie pace legend Brett Lee revealed on the Willow Talk Cricket Podcast in November that it was almost a tradition for Warnie to order pizza to be delivered to any fancy restaurant he was at. And it wouldn't be a supreme or even a meatlovers, just a simple cheese and nothing else. 'I remember going to that famous Japanese restaurant Nobu, and Warnie ordered a margherita pizza,' Lee said. 'Warnie only ever ate his baked beans, cheese on toast, he liked lasagna, spaghetti bolognese and margherita pizzas. 'We were going to one of the best restaurants in the world, and Warnie, just being Warnie, decided to order margherita pizza. 'I don't think he ever ate one vegetable in his life.' Warne must have been doing something right however. He is considered one of the greatest cricketers to ever play the game, claiming a whopping 708 Test wickets at 25.41 in 145 matches between 1992 and 2007.
