Commonwealth Games 2018: Tracey Neville celebrates her own Barcelona moment as England beat Australia for remarkable netball gold… as brother Gary goes mad back home

TRACEY NEVILLE celebrated her very own Barcelona moment as she finally put one over on her famous brothers.

The England women’s netball coach was stunned by her team’s unforgettable last-ditch victory over Australia with the very last throw of the Commonwealth Games final.

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It was the first time The Roses have ever won a major international netball title and their first win over the Aussie world champions in five years.

Helen Housby’s nerve-shredding goal in the final second of the match sparked a mass pile-on as England’s women celebrated their 52-51 triumph Down Under.

And back home in Manchester, Neville’s brother Gary was going mental as he tweeted: “Yeeeesss!!! The most amazing thing I have ever seen”.

Even Tracey could only compare the result to the night Gary and twin brother Phil helped Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final in Barcelona.

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She revealed: “Gary’s wife has just sent me a video of Gary screaming at the telly. He’s going ‘C’mon Helen, come on’ as if he actually knows these players.

“I was the same when United won the treble in Barcelona and they scored that late goal. I was on tour at the time and I was screaming in a room at 4am.

“Obviously my moment is the better one, but as a family we just live, eat and breathe sport.

“It’s our passion, we’re all successful in our own way and we support each other 100 per cent.

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“They’re the ones who drive me on and Phil and I both have a World Cup next year so it will be a test of what we can do.”

The previously unbeatable Aussies had decimated all the opposition en route to yesterday’s final and were overwhelming favourites to retain their Commonwealth crown.

But they didn’t bargain for England’s unbreakable resolve as they fought their way back from four goals down in the final quarter.

Goal Attack Housby, who found herself right at the bottom of the 12-woman pile-up, admitted: “This is the best day of my life.

“To score the winning goal in the last second of the Commonwealth Games final against Australia… every single box has been ticked.

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“We’ve been trying for so long to break the curse of getting the bronze and I’m just so happy that we did it.

“It’s all still a blur. I just remember having the ball in my hands and then running away screaming. It was dramatic circumstances but I wouldn’t have had it any other way.”

Neville, now in her third year as national team coach, admitted: “I think we’d have struggled if it had gone to extra-time because the players were absolutely dead on their feet.

“But today it was all about the mental toughness of every player.

“We have really struggled with Australia’s physical presence in previous games. All you see when play them is a sea of gold and they dominate with their colour.

“But I said to all of my players that when we cut each other open we’ve all got red inside and that’s what we saw out there on the court.”