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Netball Australia names team for Fast5 defence
Australia’s Fast5 title defence will be future focused with a number of young guns named to take the court at the world championships in Christchurch next month.
Players challenge NA claims as dispute heads to mediation
As the netball pay dispute is forced to mediation, LINDA PEARCE reports that Netball Australia and its player union are now at odds about what information has been passed on to players.
Cricket captain drops netball truth bomb
Aussie cricket captain Alyssa Healy says she refuses to believe netball is a poor sport as the ugly pay dispute drags on despite on court success.
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Diamonds covered for injury drama
A QUARTET of netball stars of the future have been named to cover any injury crisis within the Diamonds ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Aussies to help Diamonds polish game
AUSTRALIA will look to its own talent for last minute preparations for the Commonwealth Games, avoiding all contact with rivals such as New Zealand and England ahead of the Gold Coast event.
England netball a danger team
AUSTRALIA’S top netball league has helped produce arguably the best netball team England has ever fielded at a Commonwealth Games.
Susan Pettitt’s relief at netball call-up
IT was a phone call Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander first made four years ago but it still ended the same way as it had in 2014 – with one of her players in tears.
Why Laura Geitz is back, baby
NETBALL mum Laura Geitz and veteran Susan Pettitt are beneficiaries of coach Lisa Alexander’s proven policy of favouring form over history but fan favourite Sharni Layton is a casualty.
Netball Diamonds missing Sharni Layton
SHARPSHOOTER Caitlin Bassett will lead Australia into battle at the Commonwealth Games with veteran Susan Pettitt and former captain Laura Geitz also making the cut but Sharni Layton missing.
Shake up to netball’s world order
THE world order of netball has undergone a major shake-up with England – not New Zealand – looming as Australia’s biggest danger at the Commonwealth Games.
Diamonds humiliate Silver Ferns for Quad crown
AUSTRALIA has claimed a morale-boosting 3-0 clean sweep of the last international netball series prior to the Commonwealth Games with a 67-48 humiliation of New Zealand.
DIAMOND great Laura Geitz has praised netball’s support of her dream to return to the highest level of the game as a new mother as an “amazing step forward for women’s sport”.
Diamonds want Quad series cleansweep
AUSTRALIAN captain Caitlin Bassett says the Diamonds have targeted a Quad series cleansweep after beating England in London.
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