Is this the most brutal collision ever seen in netball? Tracey Neville’s star player ‘was completely clean’ in terrifying crash

One of the most brutal collisions ever witnessed on a netball court took place on Saturday, with sports great Bianca Chatfield criticising the “outrageous” decision to continue play.

Tracey Neville’s Melbourne Mavericks defender Kim Jenner was “absolutely torn apart” by Giants opponent Amy Sligar after making a brilliant deflection.

Both players had their eyes on the ball and collided heads less than a minute from the end of the match at Ken Rosewall Arena, leaving them lying on the bench.

However, play was not stopped, prompting outrage from former Diamonds defender Chatfield.

“Kim Jenner is squeaky clean,” Chatfield said on ABC’s Offsiders.

‘At that point in the match, the referees did not stop, they did not call time. The game extended to the other end of the field.

‘For me that was scandalous.

‘This must be stopped.

‘We have a new concussion policy in netball.

‘Any infringement involving the referee’s head means that the match must be stopped immediately. This was not the case. The match was allowed to pass and the game was played to the end.

“These poor girls had to pull themselves together and realize where they were at the end.”

Under Super Netball rules, “umpires may stop time without a request being made if there is an obvious or serious injury,” but neither umpires called for play to be stopped.

Another concussion protocol allows an independent game-day doctor and a home team doctor to call time and remove a player from the field in the event of a suspected head injury.

“It seemed a little odd that it was just being played, we had two players lying on the ground on the sideline and it was just being played,” Giants coach Julia Fitzgerald said.

The Mavericks won the game and Jenner was awarded player of the game.

“In those minutes, the body is always at stake. It was our final,” he said.

“It was just a matter of doing what I had to do.”