Team Bath are still looking for their first win of the NXT Gen League season – after three matches.
Saskia Lea, here in action against Nottingham Forest on Friday 30th January, made her first start of the season as Team Bath lost at Leeds Rhinos on Saturday 7th February | Photo © Josh Le Feuvre
The Blue & Gold are hoping to win the title in 2026 after finishing as runners-up last year.
But they find themselves in penultimate place in the table, with only one point to their credit, after losing at Leeds Rhinos on Saturday 7th February in their first away fixture of the campaign.
The setback in West Yorkshire followed home defeats to London Pulse and Nottingham Forest.
Team Bath were missing several key players for the clash with the Rhinos at Leeds Beckett University.
But the Blue & Gold felt they produced some great passages of play in a well-contested match that they lost 53-45.
Lucy Button and Saskia Lea, Team Bath’s most valuable players in the opening two fixtures, both made their first starts of the season in the defeat by the Rhinos – as did Dani Carr, who was promoted from the NXT Gen Development Squad.
Lowri Windsor, a Wales team-mate of Carr at the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup, also made her first appearance in the matchday squad.
Ellen Morgan was named the Blue & Gold’s most valuable player against Leeds.
Team Bath starting 7: GK Dani Carr, GD Daisy Harrison, WD Poppy Tydeman, C Lucy Button, WA Saskia Lea, GA Lily Jones, GS Lucy Herdman.
Team Bath impact players: Daisy Collett, Lowri Windsor, Ellen Morgan, Katherine Mansfield.
The Blue & Gold will return to Team Bath Arena on Friday 13th February for their next league encounter – and they are determined to record their first success of the season.
The opposition will be provided by Manchester Thunder, who are one place above Team Bath in the standings.
Thunder have one win to their name from three outings, having triumphed 62-44 at Welsh outfit LexisNexis Dragons on Saturday 7th February.
Tickets for the Blue & Gold’s tussle with Manchester, priced from £12 to £20, are available to purchase at netball.teambath.com/tickets
The match will get under way at 7pm.
Meanwhile, Team Bath’s U17 and U19 Netball Performance League squads and senior Player Development Programme squad achieved a clean sweep of victories against guests Nottingham Forest on Saturday 7th February.
