Leeds Rhinos Netball ready to welcome fans to EIS Sheffield
Leeds Rhinos welcome Vitality Superleague opponents Team Bath to the English Institute of Sport today (5.30pm), the Sheffield venue one of three across the region they will play in this season as they look to grow a county-wide fanbase.
Rhinos will also play home games at the first direct Arena in their home city of Leeds and at the Allam Sports Centre in Hull over the coming months.
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Hide Ad“I am so excited for the home games to see all our home fans, especially for the homegrown girls,” said Sigi Burger, a South African international who joined Rhinos after their impressive maiden campaign in UK netball’s elite tier.
“What’s awesome is we’re doing the tour of Yorkshire playing games in Hull, Sheffield and Leeds.
“The fact we can go and showcase netball everywhere is huge for us.
“Yorkshire as a county is such a netball-enthusiastic county, but after Yorkshire Jets got disbanded it left the fans travelling to Manchester or down to Coventry to see the Wasps to get their netball fix.
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Hide Ad“What we’re hoping is that we play such good, exciting netball that the fans want to and will make effort to come.
“There are plenty of netball clubs in Yorkshire, we just need to get them keen.”
As well as helping grow the game, Rhinos want to establish themselves as a force in Superleague.
They laid the platform last year, reaching the end-of-season play-offs after finishing fourth out of 11 teams.
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Hide AdAnd they have made an encouraging start this year, winning 45-43 up at Strathclyde Sirens on Friday night.
Tickets can be purchased on the door tonight or from tickets.rhinosnetball.co.uk up until 2pm.Or call 0371 423 1315. Phone lines are open from 10.30am - 3.30pm (Monday – Friday excluding Bank Holidays). The ticket office at Headingley Stadium is closed.
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