Here If You Need - The Netball Pod

What do you do after 27 straight losses? West Coast Fever head coach Dan Ryan joins Emily Wilson and Nia Jones on Here If You Need to talk about rebuilding his career after Adelaide Thunderbirds and the lessons behind Fever's first Suncorp Super Netball premiership.

Dan shares his perspective on Jess Anstiss leaving Fever, how he recruits players and why the right environment matters. We discuss Kadie-Ann Dehaney, Shanice Beckford's return and spotting Donnell Wallam's potential at Leeds Rhinos, alongside his experiences with Manchester Thunder and Northern Ireland.

Plus, men's netball, the Australian Kelpies, a Constellation Cup assessment of the Diamonds and Silver Ferns, and quickfire questions with a very competitive guest.

The Constellation Cup discussion was recorded ahead of the series.

Follow Here If You Need on your podcast app for more netball conversations with Emily and Nia. Find us on Instagram at @hereifyouneednetball.

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Wales miss the Netball World Cup again and Nia Jones has lived this before. Are the lessons of 2017 being repeated?

Emily and Nia unpack what went wrong and what needs to change. Lisa Bowman joins them to share the Northern Ireland story: a 50–49 win over Wales, her return to international netball after eight years and the dream of playing at her first World Cup.

Plus Sarah Klau’s suspended sanction, the African qualifiers and leadership changes in British netball, including Sarah Boswell’s move to AO Thunder and Claire Nelson’s departure from the Netball Super League role.

Follow Here If You Need for netball analysis and conversations with the players behind the results.
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Here If You Need is back and there’s an entire NSL signing window to unpack.

Emily and Nia assess all eight squads for the 2027 season, debate the biggest arrivals and departures, and reveal which teams they believe could become genuine title contenders.

Is the NSL’s international-player rule holding the competition back? Did the signing window go on far too long? Which clubs recruited best—and which delivered the strongest announcement campaigns?

The pair also discuss Sharni Layton’s surprise move to Survivor, the AMEX grassroots funding debate, Sydney Sweeney’s controversial sports-betting campaign and the international netball coming up this autumn.

Plus, there’s some exciting podcast news: Here If You Need has officially joined the Sport Social network.

Listen now, then tell us who won the signing window and which four teams make your early 2027 top four.
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