Rhinos coach Palmer promised time to build towards professionalism

Lauren Palmer will be given time this summer to shape Leeds Rhinos in her own image with the Yorkshire franchise holding firm on their long-term plans to be a prominent player in netball's move towards professionalism.

- by Nick Westby

The first year of the Netball 2.0 era has been something of a damp squib for the Rhinos, with just two wins out of 13 in the league and their run to the final of the Netball Super Cup curtain-raiser proving a false dawn.

They sit seventh out of eight teams heading into Sunday's regular-season finalé at Nottingham Forest. But there is mitigation. Rookie head coach Palmer was only appointed in January and had less than a month to work with her players before the season began.