Home advantage for the Chiefs?

Home advantage won’t guarantee the Chiefs a win.

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11th August, 2012

Everything has fallen into place for the Chiefs as they try to win their first Super 15 title this weekend. Unlike their regional netball counterparts, the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic, who had to overcome the Melbourne Vixens on their home court to become the first Kiwi team to win the transtasman netball league, they don’t have to do it the hard way: away from home. To venture an opinion in a gathering of sports minded people is to buy an argument, except when it comes to the significance of home and away: there is near-universal agreement that playing at home confers an advantage. Although ...

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