England Blow As Gk Brown Ruled Out Of Glasgow 2026

England extremity keeper Jaz Brown will miss nan remainder of nan Netball Super League play and Commonwealth Games this summertime because of a superior Achilles wounded that requires surgery.

Brown, 24, who joined Leeds Rhinos from Birmingham Panthers successful nan adjacent season, sustained nan wounded against Nottingham Forest connected 15 March, slipping connected nan court.

It was conscionable a 3rd convention lucifer pinch her caller squad for Doncaster-born Brown, who began her sporting life arsenic a promising tennis subordinate earlier turning to netball successful her precocious teens.

She made her England debut against New Zealand successful November 2025, but will beryllium denied a chance to look for nan Roses astatine Glasgow 2026 while she goes done what Rhinos expect to beryllium "lengthy" rehabilitation for her injury.

Her signing by Rhinos was a coup aft Brown was selected for nan NSL squad of nan play successful 2025, but they must header without her until adjacent year.

Brown said: "As reliable arsenic this infinitesimal is, I'm choosing to enactment affirmative and much wished than ever to travel backmost stronger to nan athletics I love.

"I emotion a challenge, and I'm looking guardant to utilizing this clip to turn some mentally and physically, pinch my sights firmly group connected nan 2027 season.

"Being ruled retired for nan remainder of nan play is difficult, particularly pinch nan timing of nan Commonwealth Games coming up, but I cognize this is not nan extremity of my communicative and I will beryllium backmost for more."

Rhinos coach Lauren Palmer said: "We are each disappointed for her. She is an outstanding talent and team-mate, but she has a awesome cognition and is simply a wished subordinate and we cognize will travel backmost stronger aft this setback."

The news of Brown's unavailability for England comes successful a week erstwhile Roses caput coach Jess Thirlby stood down unexpectedly 4 months earlier nan Commonwealth Games.

Thirlby's adjunct Anna Stembridge, who was England caput coach from 2011 to 2015, will lead nan broadside into this summer's Games successful an interim capacity.

England won golden astatine nan 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games but missed retired connected a badge astatine nan 2022 version successful Birmingham.

Netball astatine Glasgow 2026 runs from 25 July to 2 August, pinch England successful Pool A alongside nan world's number 1 broadside Australia, positive South Africa, Malawi, Tonga and Northern Ireland.