Round 13 results:
Nottingham Forest 69-78 Birmingham Panthers
Loughborough Lightning 79-58 London Mavericks
Manchester Thunder 48-58 London Pulse
Leeds Rhinos 52-60 Cardiff Dragons
My highlights:
- After a run of several recent impressive performances, Panthers make it count against Forest, whose hopes of a final four finish disappear.
- Lightning produce a mature and calm performance over Mavericks.
- Pulse pulled themselves together after a wobble just before half time to see the game out against Thunder.
- Dragons win the bottom of the table clash against Rhinos to get a much-needed confidence boost.
Natasha’s Team of Round 13:
GK: Jasmine Brown (Birmingham Panthers)
GD: Funmi Fadoju (London Pulse)
WD: Taylor McKevitt (Manchester Thunder)
C: Khanyisa Chawane (Cardiff Dragons)
WA: Alicia Scholes (London Pulse)
GA: Gabby Sinclair (Birmingham Panthers)
GS: Samantha Wallace-Joseph (Loughborough Lightning)
Round 14 fixtures:
Saturday 14th June 16:00: London Mavericks vs Manchester Thunder
Predicted winner: Manchester Thunder
Saturday 14th June, 18:00: Birmingham Panthers vs Loughborough Lightning
Predicted winner: Loughborough Lightning
Saturday 14th June, 19:00: Cardiff Dragons vs London Pulse
Predicted winner: London Pulse
Sunday 15th June, 16:00: Nottingham Forest vs Leeds Rhinos
Predicted winner: Nottingham Forest
You can catch the final round of the NSL on Youtube, Sky Sports and BBC Sport.
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