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Home crowd fuels North West Flames' success in Telkom Netball League

Lethabo Komane of Tshukudu is challenged by Amukelani Kubayi of Lilies during their Telkom Netball League clash at Sun City Superbowl in Rustenburg on Sunday. Photo: BackpagePix Image: BackpagePix The home crowd support at the Sun City Superbowl in Rustenburg has been credited with fanning the North West Flames in their strong start to the Telkom Netball League 2025. The raucous crowd also roared Tshukudu, a Division 2 side from the province, to a convincing win over the Limpopo Lilies in an intense match on the second day of competition. The Tshukudu supporters brought the house down with their energetic cheering and vibrant spirit, lifting the team. Their passionate backing clearly fuelled the players' confidence, helping Tshukudu maintain momentum and finish strongly. Flames coach Elsunet du Plessis highlighted the significant role the crowd had played in their shock 60-57 win over the Jaguars from Gauteng in a thrilling and fast-paced match. 'I think it is amazing to have the crowd behind you because we are used to playing without any support with us," she said. "It is a confidence booster to the players. It's just nice to know that there's someone there, there's a big crowd that really support us and I also just want to give a big shout out to the crowd and thank them for their support. "I was just telling them (the players) that the question now is how much you want it. If you want to let it slip, let it slip but we didn't come this far to let it slip so we really need to work together and really play as a team to put us through." Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ Jaguars coach Roxanne Matthyse commended her side's opening performance, highlighting the impact of her three debutants and their ability to stick to the game plan. 'It was a very difficult for us, we started slow and it was like playing catch up the whole time. But we would rather have this happening in the beginning of the leg and not towards the end. A lot of lessons for me as a coach and for my players. "Taking accountability, for one, it didn't work for us on attack. Every time you think find confidence and you build on that, there's a mistake. "For the Jaguars that's not how we play. You know we set a high standard, and we need to make sure we maintain that standard,' added Matthyse. It was a baptism of fire for last year's beaten finalists. And things were set to only get tougher with a repeat of last year's decider against Free State Crinums rounding off Monday's play. The Fireballs and Stings turned up the heat in their Division 1 clash! 🔥 The Fireballs take the win and stay undefeated in Division 1. 💥#TNLFireballsStings #TelkomNL #TNLisBack #TelkomStandTall @TelkomZA — Netball South Africa (@Netball_SA) April 28, 2025