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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 30: Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard of the Fever shoots the ball a she warm's up before the round 12 Super Netball match between West Coast Fever and Giants Netball at RAC Arena, on June 30, 2024, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by James Worsfold/Getty Images)

Tragedy prompts possible Super Netball maternity policy change

Netball Australia will consider amending the Super Netball pregnancy and maternity leave policy after an unimaginable tragedy highlighted flaws in the system.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 02: Donnell Wallam of the Firebirds in action during the round eight Super Netball match between the Queensland Firebirds and Adelaide Thunderbirds at Nissan Arena, on June 02, 2024, in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

The teams who could offer Donnell Wallam Super Netball lifeline

After a Code Sports investigation examined how Diamonds player Donnell Wallam ended up without a Super Netball contract for 2025, is there a club that could sign her next season?

Sunshine Coast Lightning stars, Reilley Batcheldor, Ashleigh Ervin, Liz Watson and Kristiana ManuÃ¢â¬â¢a. Picture: Patrick Woods.

‘Ready to take it on’: Australian legend praises rising Lightning star

Australian Diamonds captain Liz Watson has highlighted a rising goal threat as a player to watch this Super Netball season while new Lightning recruit Kristiana Manu’a is ready to fire on home court.

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Donnell Wallam can't find a Super Netball contract.

Inside story: Why Donnell Wallam can’t get a Super Netball contract

She’s one of Australian sport’s brightest stars, but the career of Donnell Wallam has often been mired in controversy. After a shock axing last year, Wallam finds herself without a Super Netball contract as the season commences.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 06: Firebirds head coach Kiri Wills and Lara Dunkley of the Firebirds celebrate victory during the round one Super Netball match between Giants Netball and Queensland Firebirds at Ken Rosewall Arena, on April 06, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe Photography/Getty Images)

Chatfield: Fighting Firebirds, savvy Swifts and need for transparency

The heavily-scrutinised Firebirds’ crucial win has put them on the front foot, while the Swifts and T-Birds are deserved pace-setters. But some teams are clearly struggling already. BIANCA CHATFIELD’S round 1 SSN report card.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Captains Steph Wood, Sunshine Coast Lightning, Kate Moloney, Melbourne Vixens, Ruby Bakewell-Doran, Queensland Firebirds, Hannah Petty, Adelaide Thunderbirds, Maddy Turner, NSW Swifts, Jamie-Lee Price, Giants, Jess Anstiss, West Coast Fever, Amy Parmenter, Melbourne Mavericks during a 2025 Suncorp Super Netball Season Media Opportunity at Pinky Flat on March 13, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images for Netball Australia)

Back on free to air? Super Netball opens broadcast negotiations

Netball Australia is exploring every avenue as it opens talks on a new rights deal for Super Netball from 2027, with its current Fox Sports deal entering the final stages of a five-year term next season.

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Di Honey, seen celebrating the Melbourne Vixens’ premiership win, has been named the team’s new head coach. (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images)

New Vixens coach vows to add ‘own flavour’ to premiership team

Fresh from their one-goal grand final triumph, Melbourne Vixens have appointed their new head coach, who beat ‘world-class candidates’ to the role to lead their title defence.

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gfl Netball grand finals.. South Barwon B Grade. Coach Chris Browne.

Famous team dinners, gravitational pull which made Swans icon soar

Chris Browne had a way of making everyone feel seen and heard, the foundations laid some 20-years-ago breeding unrivalled senior and junior success at South Barwon, according to Swans’ premiership coach Renee Lane.

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What the New Zealand invasion means for Super Netball, the Diamonds and Silver Ferns. Picture: Supplied

‘Talent war’: What Super Netball’s Kiwi influx means for the sport

The influx of New Zealand’s stars into the Super Netball competition has been largely celebrated on both sides of the Tasman, but it has raised a number of issues and a former Diamonds’ coach has concerns.

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Diamonds' great Sharelle McMahon speaks about the strength of the Victorian Netball Pathway of which Kate Moloney is a proud product. Picture: Supplied

How Victoria defies international invasion of Super Netball

CODE Sports analysis has revealed how the Victorian netball pathway is far out-performing all other states in producing players for the world’s premier domestic league and a Diamonds’ great explains why.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Maria Folau of New Zealand in action during the 2019 Constellation Cup match between the Australia Diamonds and the New Zealand Silver Ferns at RAC Arena on October 27, 2019 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Folau makes shock return to netball in Queensland

Long retired at 38, World Cup winner Maria Folau has answered an SOS from a former Silver Ferns mate to take to the netball court once more.

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Swifts' super star Paige Hadley and her fiance' Jordan celebrated the news they are expecting their first child. Picture: Instagram

Diamonds’ star announces pregnancy, door open for Comm Games

Australian netball vice-captain Paige Hadley has shared the wonderful news that she is pregnant, but in doing so has not closed the door on some very important tournaments for the Diamonds, in the near future.

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Free Agency Super Netball Analysis

Analysis: How every Super Netball club fared during trade period

The Super Netball free agency period has officially closed, and has delivered in a big way. Code Sports breaks down how every team will look heading into the next season.

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Gabrielle Sinclair will link with the Lightning this season. Picture: Getty

Super Netball trades: Mavs lock in final spot to close out free agency

Every Super Netball team is complete for 2026. Catch up on all the trade news, free agency movement and the full rosters inside.

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 20: Karin Burger of New Zealand rapduring the game one of the Constellation Cup series between New Zealand Silver Ferns and Australia Diamonds at TSB Arena on October 20, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

The big questions facing Super Netball clubs as free agency ends

With less than a week remaining until all eight Super Netball teams need to have their full-time lists locked and loaded, Code Sports examines the moves that could be made in the final days of the trade period.

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Firebirds defend International signings. Picture: Getty Images

Firebirds’ import strategy exposes Super Netball issue

The Queensland Firebirds say they remain absolutely committed to providing opportunities to local players despite a compiling a Super Netball roster which relies heavily on overseas imports which in turn exposes a significant issue in their pathways.

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Melbourne Vixens defender Emily Mannix and her daughter, Mabel.

Netball star’s terrifying newborn health scare

Veteran Vixens defender Emily Mannix has revealed the terrifying ordeal she endured as her newborn daughter spent a week in neonatal intensive care earlier this year.

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Boroondara Express centre Casey Adamson in action during the VNL season. Photo: Grant Treeby/NV

Extraordinary call behind Super Netball’s ultimate Cindarella story

She thought her Super Netball dream was buried but just when Casey Adamson least expected it, she got a phone call that changed her life.

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Donnell Wallam will make a Super Netball return next year. Picture: Getty

Wallam’s shock Super Netball return one of six huge player moves

Exiled Diamonds star Donnell Wallam is set to make a surprise return to Super Netball, 12 months after being axed by the Queensland Firebirds. But it is not the only move set to shake up the competition.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Jamie-Lee Price of Australia in action during game three of the Constellation Cup between Australia Diamonds and Silver Ferns at RAC Arena on October 27, 2024 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

‘Oh sh*t’: The moment seed for Diamonds star’s move was planted

Diamonds star Jamie-Lee Price has revealed how happiness off the court drove her decision to leave the Giants and join a new club – which she hopes can spark two big years for Australia.

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Laura Geitz credits Cathy Freeman with inspiring her

How Cathy Freeman moment inspired Geitz’s netball greatness

She’s one of Australia’s best-known netballers – a Commonwealth Games and World Cup winner – but it was watching Cathy Freeman at the Sydney Olympics that most inspired Laura Geitz.

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The GIANTS announce Nerida Stewart as their new Head Coach, Thursday the 7th of August, 2025. Netball Central, Sydney Olympic Park, 2127. (Photo by Ryan Jones/GWS GIANTS)

Another name off the table as Giants unveil new head coach

The Giants have moved quickly to replace retiring veteran Julie Fitzgerald, leaving the Melbourne Vixens and Melbourne Mavericks seeking head coaches for season 2026 as clubs continue to sign players.

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Olympics & Paralympics

Six inductees into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame.

Hewitt, Dunstall among legendary Hall of Fame additions

Six athletes who won the highest accolades on the global stage will receive one of the country’s greatest sporting accolades.

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Melbourne Vixens a win for Australia

Vixens’ title triumph is a win for Australia

Melbourne Vixens have provided a reminder of just how good Australian netball can be. As Bianca Chatfield writes, it was an “unfathomable fairytale” the sport in this country needed.

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Netball push to be in Olympics

15,000 and rising: Momentum surges to add netball to Olympics

Liz Ellis ramped up the push for netball to become an Olympic sport within minutes of Melbourne Vixens’ title win. Now, more than 15,000 fans have joined the push — and you can to.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 23: Tracey Neville, head coach of the Mavericks (R) and Nicole Richardson, assistant coach of the Mavericks look on during the 2024 Suncorp Team Girls Cup match between Melbourne Mavericks and West Coast Fever at Ken Rosewall Arena on March 23, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images for Netball Australia)

Leading Vixens candidate out of running after return to Mavs

The Melbourne Mavericks have re-signed Nicole Richardson as an assistant despite speculation the former Magpies coach could join fierce rivals, the Vixens.

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What the bottom six Super Netball sides must do to threaten for the title in 2026.

Reboots, dream recruits that can revive Super Netball’s bottom six

Super Netball’s eliminated teams must confront harsh truths about their failed campaigns. But there is a road back to the top. We assess what’s next for the six teams to miss the grand final.

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Manly Warringah Sapphires took out the 2025 Netball NSW Premier League Open division. Picture: May Bailey/Clusterpix

NNSW Premier League: Champions crowned in epic deciders

The Netball NSW Premier League came to a thrilling conclusion with a pair of epic grand finals. See who took home the glory in Sydney.

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Melbourne Vixens champions souvenir poster

Super Netball celebrations: Download your Vixens premiership poster

The Melbourne Vixens are Super Netball champions once more – and we’ve got the perfect way to celebrate the epic triumph. DOWNLOAD THE VIXENS PREMIERSHIP POSTER INSIDE.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 02: Kate Moloney and Simone McKinnis celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2025 Super Netball Grand Final match between West Coast Fever and Melbourne Vixens at Rod Laver Arena on August 02, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images)

Why Super Netball decider will stay on the market

West Coast Fever’s grand final loss has intensified debate over Netball Australia’s controversial policy of selling hosting rights to the highest bidder.

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