Upon her return to the Melbourne Vixens’ coaching line-up, ex-Diamonds captain, Sharni Norder reveals to REBECCA WILLIAMS how working for the national enemy re-sparked her passion for the game.
After almost a year in the Netball Australia hot seat, chair Liz Ellis is closing in on unveiling the sport’s strategic future. Ellis reveals to EMMA GREENWOOD the ‘bold’ new direction.
Former Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander is standing by her criticism of the Adelaide Thunderbirds’ signing of South African international Sanmarie Visser. Find out what she said inside.
World Netball and Netball Australia bosses have held preliminary talks with Brisbane 2032 organisers, and revealed why they are working to achieve the dream of entering the Olympic Games.
The Fever conducted a global search to find a replacement for Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, after the shooter’s off-season tragedy. Here’s how they’ve filled the hole left by the irreplaceable star.
It wasn’t just the stars on show at the Team Girls Cup in Adelaide over the weekend, with plenty of next gen talent on display. EMMA GREENWOOD rates every club’s rising stars.
Big wins, tight tussles, and much-needed court time for young and established stars alike made for a fascinating Teams Girls Cup, and a shock result has set up a tantalising decider.
The reigning Super Netball champion Thunderbirds picked up where they left off, while some strugglers from last season appear to be on the road to a bigger and better campaign.
Former Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander has described the challenge, and honour, she felt while compiling the top 25 netball players this century. See the list, and who made No.1, inside.
An Adelaide Thunderbirds star has been named by rival captains as Suncorp Super Netball’s best player and a Giants young gun has also caught the eye of her peers, as the eight skippers nominate who they believe is the team to beat in 2025.
Giants netball co-captain Jo Harten has opened up about her future and the ‘soul searching’ her team and coach Julie Fitzgerald have gone through after a season of torment.
One of the most intelligent players in the game has broken down the the gameplan and revealed the best way to battle Super Netball’s new generation of towering goalers.
Ahead of this weekend’s Team Girls Cup pre-season competition in Adelaide, EMMA GREENWOOD looks at the burning issues facing all eight Super Netball clubs.
Women hold some of the most powerful positions in Australian sport – and boast some of the country’s most recognisable athletes. But who really holds the power?
English netballer Eleanor Cardwell is going viral weekly – and not because her Super Netball feats. The Mavericks star is on a quest to find the perfect sports bra, and it’s catching plenty of attention.
The Melbourne Vixens have confirmed their team leaders for 2025 with a star goaler stepping up into a key role as the team aims to strike back from its grand final loss last year.
A former AFLW player has waited in the wings as a training partner for the Melbourne Vixens for almost four years, but now gets her chance after a Super Netball promotion.
Melbourne Mavericks goaler Eleanor Cardwell has conceded that she should not have lined up for national duties at last year’s Test Series, revealing she instead needed knee surgery.
Australia’s biggest sport for women and girls presents a huge market for the shoe manufacturers battling to dominate from the Super Netball floor to the weekend court. So which brand wins the war?
She’s a world star and one of the most exciting imports to grace Super Netball in the history of the competition, but Mary Cholhok had to make a ‘hard decision’ to ignite her career.
It’d be tough to label Izzy Shearer the “new Geitzy” but if anyone can shoulder the burden of following in the footsteps of the premiership-winning former Firebirds and Diamonds captain, it’s the second-year wonder.
Uneeq Palavi is using the PacificAus Netball Series to inspire the next generation of Tongans to dream big while using the inspiration of playing for her family and culture to remind Super Netball officials of her enormous talent.
Booming Future Firebirds star faces tough choice between netball and rugby league. See Ciarn’s story here >>>
She’s stood tall through some of the darkest days for her club and sport but Maddy Turner hopes there are calmer waters ahead when she steps into a captaincy role with the Swifts.
Playing for her cancer-stricken mother, ‘hero’ father and a generation of Torres Strait Islander girls, this Black Swans player is blazing a trail she hopes others will follow.
Being a men’s netball player costs tens of thousands of dollars – and yet Jordon Webb is best known for a viral dance and a controversial junior competition. Here’s the inside story on life as an elite male star.
She’s the tallest player ever to take the Super Netball court but Mary Cholhok, who arrives in Queensland this week, won’t be the only focus of the revived Super Netball strugglers.
Melbourne defender Rudi Ellis says the Vixens have not been lacking for motivation during the pre-season and has opened up on the heartache from their 2024 grand final loss that’s fuelling their redemption.
As Super Netball looks to lift its “intensity and ferocity” across the league, the signing of male training partners are increasing in popularity, with West Coast Fever coach Dan Ryan leading the way.
West Coast Fever have named Caitlyn Brown as a training partner as teams continue to shuffle their lists due to injury and maternity leave as the pre-season gets underway.
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