The Wharton weblog:

NETBALL: England Netball has commissioned Wharton's Neil Tunnicliffe to review its Under-21 international programme which culminated in the World Youth Netball Championship in the Cook Islands in August this year. England finished fourth in the tournament, having won a silver medal four years previously, and the governing body is keen to establish what lies beneath this performance record in respect of issues and trends within its development programme for emerging international players. To this end, Neil will be interviewing current and former athletes, coaches, support staff, selectors and other EN personnel, while also taking a raft of other data into account, before reporting to the EN Board at its meeting in January.