{"id":60985,"date":"2026-08-02T07:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/commonwealth-games-australia-68-50-england-roses-suffer-comprehensive-defeat-to-diamonds-in-netball-bronze-medal-match-netball-news\/02\/08\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T07:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:18:14","slug":"commonwealth-games-australia-68-50-england-roses-suffer-comprehensive-defeat-to-diamonds-in-netball-bronze-medal-match-netball-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/commonwealth-games-australia-68-50-england-roses-suffer-comprehensive-defeat-to-diamonds-in-netball-bronze-medal-match-netball-news\/02\/08\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games – Australia 68-50 England: Roses suffer comprehensive defeat to Diamonds in netball bronze-medal match | Netball News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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England will leave the Commonwealth Games without a medal in netball after suffering a comprehensive 68-50 defeat to Australia at the Hydro in Glasgow. <\/p>\n

The Vitality Roses never really got going against a team who had already handed them a damaging defeat in the pool stage of the tournament, and a 19-10 Diamonds lead at the end of the first quarter proved to be unassailable for Anna Stembridge’s side.<\/p>\n

Australia, on the other hand, regain some pride by winning the bronze after their 46-45 defeat to Jamaica in their semi-final, meaning they extend their record of winning a medal in netball at each of the seven Commonwealth Games since the sport was introduced in 1998.<\/p>\n

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“It was just so tough,” England captain Fran Williams told TNT Sport<\/em>. “When you come off the back with such a short turnaround to play in a game where you would be rather playing [the gold-medal match] later on is really hard.<\/p>\n

“I was really proud of the way we showed up at the start and we just showed we weren’t able to hold onto that with how the score blew out.<\/p>\n

“We are gutted with that. Really disappointed.”<\/p>\n

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The Roses – who arguably exceeded expectations after a turbulent build-up to the tournament including the departure of their head coach Jess Thirlby in March – got off to a fast start, managing to tie 9-9 with Australia in the first quarter, but the Roses scored just two more goals for the Diamonds’ next 10 as the reigning Commonwealth champions started to establish a lead.<\/p>\n

A 35-24 half-time deficit left England with a chance of getting back into the game, but Sophie Garbin’s hat-trick for Australia towards the end of the period left a hefty lead of 13 for Stembridge’s side to overturn, and a deflated fourth-quarter from England allowed the Diamonds to extend their lead to 18 and secure the bronze,<\/p>\n

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“Yesterday was a really tough day for the whole group,” Asutralia captain Liz Watson told TNT Sports<\/em>. “The way we came out and responded and have a really good performance and make a statement.<\/p>\n

“We’re disappointed about how we finished up with the bronze but we know how hard international netball is at the moment.<\/p>\n

“We love to put on this dress, we have such a rich history of success with the Diamonds and we pride ourselves on doing that and wanting to be better.”<\/p>\n

Commonwealth Games netball schedule\/results<\/h3>\n

Sunday August 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bronze-medal match – Australia 68-50 England
1pm: Gold-medal match – Jamaica vs New Zealand<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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England will leave the Commonwealth Games without a medal in netball after suffering a comprehensive 68-50 defeat to Australia at the Hydro