The man tasked with leading the review into the New Zealand national netball team's "demise" is promising a "comprehensive enquiry, examining all facets, even down to team tactics and game preparation," according to Brendon Egan of STUFF. Prominent Auckland lawyer Don Mackinnon will chair a three-person independent panel featuring Team New Zealand COO Kevin Shoebridge and former Silver Ferns defender Linda Vagana. The trio was appointed by Netball New Zealand's board and hopes to present its paper by mid-June. Janine Southby's future as coach "will hang on the outcome of a review" into the team's struggles at the Commonwealth Games -- where it failed to medal -- and the "two years leading into the tournament." Mackinnon, who was director of NNZ from '99-07, the last three as chair, "has been involved in several national sport investigations." The review trio has "already carried out preparatory work and will start conducting interviews later this week." Mackinnon "vowed the report would be all-encompassing and no stone left unturned." It would consist of two phases, the first focusing on the failed Commonwealth Games campaign and the second targeting the two-year buildup to the tournament, starting from Jan. 1, 2016 (STUFF, 5/7).
