Fears that new the birth of powerful new rival Collingwood would diminish the nine-year-old Melbourne Vixens have been realised, with captain Madi Robinson set to defect to the Magpies for the inaugural national league season. 

The ANZ Championship may exist no longer, but the trans-Tasman rivalry has entered its next exciting phase, Diamonds shooter Caitlin Bassett logging an international best 52 goals in Australia's 60-55 win over New Zealand in Melbourne.

Arawang have advanced to the State League netball grand final with a 61-52 victory over Canberra at the ACT Netball Centre on Saturday.

If the question is which tenacious blonde Queensland Firebirds triple-premiership defender has  captained the Diamonds with distinction this year, the answer is not the one you might think. No, not the feted and decorated Laura Geitz, but her lower-profile teammate and close friend Clare McMeniman.

Lisa Alexander, maths teacher, is wary of using numbers to measure sporting performance. But Lisa Alexander, Australian Diamonds head coach, estimates the amount of improvement needed to beat New Zealand in Sunday's inaugural Quad Series decider is a minimum of 20 per cent.

Australia's Diamonds have cruised to victory over England in the Netball Quad Series on the back of a dominant performance from shooter Caitlin Bassett.

The Melbourne Vixens' greatest player, Sharelle McMahon, is among Collingwood's latest recruiting targets, as clubs unable to officially finalise player contracts continue to assemble coaching teams for next year's revamped national league.

​ Australia's Diamonds have dismissed talk of complacency as they prepare to take on England in the Netball Quad Series on Wednesday.

Netball Australia has ruled out introducing a two-point shot in next year's revamped national league, but says it remains under consideration.

A dominant offensive display from Diamonds shooters Caitlin Bassett and Caitlin Thwaites has led the world champions to a 68-43 win over South Africa in their Netball Quad Series opener.

When the mother of self-confessed neat freak Madi Robinson dropped in for a recent visit, Chris Browne was surprised to see an untidy riot of gold and green. A new Australian Diamonds uniform had just been tried on and paraded, ecstatically, two years after the last had been worn.

The Melbourne Storm-backed side entering the new eight-team all-Australian netball league next year will be known as ...

Netball's key stakeholders will return to the negotiating table on Thursday, but the delay in finalising the terms of the collective bargaining agreement is unlikely to allow players to be contracted for next year's relaunched domestic league for at least another week.

Madi Robinson has added another personal accolade to her list of comeback achievements.

Melbourne Vixens captain Madi Robinson will return to the Diamonds team for the first time since her 2015 knee reconstruction as part of a Quad Series line-up missing rested captain Laura Geitz.

Netball star Sharni Layton decided early in life that is she ever made it as a professional athlete, she would not participate in highly sexualised advertising campaigns.

Julie Fitzgerald harbours no animosity towards Netball NSW and is thrilled to be given another opportunity to return to Sydney in a coaching capacity.

Plenty of uncertainty surrounds the make-up of the NSW Swifts' squad next year, however they have been bolstered by the re-signing of coach Rob Wright for at least three more seasons. 

NSW Swifts captain Kim Green says her side's most recent ANZ Championship grand final defeat feels different to last year but hurts just as much, however Firebirds skipper Laura Geitz feels little sympathy for her rivals after similar heartbreak in years gone by.