Netball

Unprecedented payment for NZ netballers

July 25, 2019 2:45 pm

The Silver Ferns’ World Cup-winning squad will each receive a payment of $25,000 as a bonus for their achievement earlier this week.

A collaboration between sponsors Sky Sport, ANZ, MYOB and Puma will see the Ferns each take away a bonus for winning the World Cup, having received no form of official prize money from netball’s governing body.

Netball New Zealand CEO Jennie Wyllie thanked Netball New Zealand’s partners, releasing a statement this afternoon detailing the bonus payments.

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