Jaguars make history with fourth Telkom Netball championship
The Jaguars of Pretoria ended this year’s Telkom Netball Championship unbeaten on Tuesday, becoming the first team to win this tournament four years in a row.
The Jaguars achieved two new milestones on Tuesday night in Bloemfontein when they beat the Crinums 38-26 in the final of the Telkom Netball League.
They are the first team to win the national netball league for the fourth time, but it is the first time the Jaguars managed to beat the Crinums in the final.
Tuesday night’s final was the 16th time the two teams clashed since the inception of the league since seven years ago. The Jaguars won 12 of the previous 15 encounters. The Crinums, however, held the distinction of having won all three of the earlier finals played between the two teams. The Jaguars have at long last broken the jinx.
It is the second time the Jaguars have gone unbeaten throughout the tournament. Of the 12 games, they played this year, they won 11 only drawing against the Stings. In 2018 they won all ten their games.
The Tuks based team clinched the title in the third quarter. Up to then, it was anyone’s game. At halftime, the Jaguars were only leading 16-15. As it has happened so often during this tournament, it was the Jaguars who stepped when it matters scoring ten goals and conceding only four. The Crinums never recovered.
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