London Pulse win first title with NSL Grand Final victory
In front of a record NSL crowd, Pulse overturned an early Loughborough Lightning advantage to move into the ascendancy and never relinquished it.
Lightning were always in reach but were so often stifled by a Pulse team that have spent several years of heartache building their connections.
Pulse kept their composure to close out their second Grand Final, having lost their first against the same opponents, to become the seventh different team to be crowned Netball Super League champions.
A frantic first quarter saw neither side able to establish a stranglehold on the game.
The tone was set as Halimat Adio put pressure on the Lightning attack, who sent the ball out with Adio celebrating wildly in the first minute of the game.
The Pulse defence heaped pressure on their opponents, but the London side's attack were not able to convert it into advantage, with both teams struggling to find their range early on.
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