Sunshine Coast coach to return to New ZealandLightning assistant Kylee Byrne to step up next yearSuccessful Sunshine Coast Lightning coach Noeline Taurua is to leave the Super Netball club at the end of the season. Taurua has led the Lightning to the past two Super Netball titles and the team is top of the ladder heading into this weekend’s final round of the regular season.
As well as her back-to-back title wins with the Lightning, Taurua has combined the role over the past 12 months with the head coaching position of the
New Zealand netball team. The 51-year-old steered the Silver Ferns to this year’s
World Cup and will continue in that role for October’s Constellation Cup against Australia and January’s Quad Series in England.