Meet the netball player fighting for the future of her sport

Helen Housby tells Tom Harle that she wants netball’s decision-makers to ‘stand up and fight’ as coronavirus leaves prospects of professionalisation hanging in the balance

Helen Housby (c) playing for England (Getty)

Helen Housby called on netball decision-makers to ‘stand up and fight’ for the sport’s future as Coronavirus leaves prospects of professionalisation hanging in the balance.

The ongoing suspension of the Vitality Superleague - stripping clubs of 70 per cent of their income - is a hammer blow to the finances of a league that remains part-time.

With England Netball starting negotiations for a fresh domestic media rights deal this year, on which professionalisation seems to rest, Housby called for a bold approach.