Stephanie Wood always had the potential, but it wasn't until she put in the hard work that she achieved her goal of making it to netball's top level.

Melbourne Vixens will travel to Sydney to play NSW Swifts in Sunday's trans-Tasman netball Australian conference elimination final after clinching third spot on Monday evening.

An electrifying top-of-the-table clash between the New South Wales Swifts and the Southern Steel has ended in a 59-59 draw, in a disappointing result for both sides given their performances.

The NSW Swifts will be attacking their last game of the season as if it were the first of the finals campaign, in an effort to stamp out any shortcomings before the run to the grand final begins.

NSW Swifts and Australian Diamonds mid-courter Paige Hadley believes her 2014 season-ending injury has been a boost to her career - not a hindrance.

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It's the dying days of the great netball experiment. Next year the groundbreaking trans-Tasman competition will be no more after Australian netball bosses deemed the Kiwi teams not competitive enough and decided to strike out on their own.

Half-court shots have almost become a regular occurrence in basketball, but West Coast Fever's Natalie Medhurst has shown it can be done with style in netball too.

Half-court shots have almost become a regular occurrence in basketball, but West Coast Fever's Natalie Medhurst has shown it can be done with style in netball too.

The NSW Swifts have shaken off a tenacious Northern Mystics to edge home 59-53 in their trans-Tasman netball league clash in Auckland.

The NSW Swifts are peaking at the right time as they look to secure top spot in the Australian conference with just two games to go in the ANZ Championship. 

New South Wales Swifts assistant coach Megan Anderson believes her side has an insider's advantage against her former side Northern Mystics.

Liz Watson, the debutante bolter who came from outside the squad into the starting centre position in the Melbourne Vixens' last premiership team, insists this ANZ Championship is far from a two-horse race. The NSW Swifts and Queensland Firebirds remain the premiership favourites, but the Vixens believe they are timing their run like a Bart Cummings stayer.

For the second time this season the Vixens have thwarted the Fever, setting up a possible return to the play-offs.

Goal attack Susan Pettitt led the NSW Swifts to a 14-goal trans-Tasman netball league win on Saturday over the Adelaide Thunderbirds.

The Canberra Darters have ended their Australian Netball League season in bitter-sweet fashion with a win over the Queensland Fusion on Friday and a comprehensive loss on Saturday.

A full-time female investigator was quietly added to the AFL's integrity unit last month.

The Canberra Darters are looking to get their first win of the ANL season.

Two teams, one play-off spot. The first of their two meetings decided by just one goal. Two rounds left after this Sunday, but, for the Melbourne Vixens and West Coast Fever, equal on wins and separated by less than a single percentage point, this is the one that really counts.

Charismatic Victorian-bred NSW Swifts defender Sharni Layton looms as a key recruiting target in the frenzy for signatures that will follow the final ANZ Championship season, as speculation grows over potential player movement ahead of next year's eight-team national league.