Netball Super League 2024: BBC to show one live match per round

The BBC has secured a two-year deal with the Netball Super League to show one live match per round during the regular season.

Matches will be available on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app as well as on demand.

The 2024 season begins on 17 February and the BBC's coverage will start on 24 February when defending champions Loughborough Lightning face Team Bath.

"This is a game-changer," said Super League chief executive Claire Nelson.

"It's so hard to grow women's sport, but how you realise your potential and ambition is by working with partners who just get it and say 'we believe in what you're doing and we want to help you on that journey', and the BBC reflects that for us."

"Building those audiences across the UK is going to be really powerful for us, so we're delighted to be working with the BBC."

Sky Sports has also renewed its partnership with the sport for a further three years. The Netball Super League called the new deal with both the BBC and Sky a "landmark broadcast arrangement for the sport".

The 2024 Super League season is the last in its current format as it plans to relaunch and turn professional from 2025.

Ten teams make up the 2024 division, with the top four progressing to the semi-finals in June.

Philip Bernie, interim director of BBC Sport, said: "Our live netball coverage has become increasingly popular with audiences, and now they can follow the excitement of weekly NSL matches free all season long.

"Following the success of the 2023 Netball World Cup final, which had an audience of 1.3m on the BBC, fans can now enjoy more live coverage as we keep delivering all the action of the game to a bigger audience."

Matches to be shown on the BBC have been announced for the first half of the season, with those selected for the other nine rounds to be confirmed in due course.

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