Australia's world-leading netball team are in no mood to join the list of recent sporting upset victims, heading into their Constellation Cup series against arch rivals New Zealand, starting on Sunday in Sydney.

Netball is coming to prime time soon, with the Nine Network announcing its broadcast the Fast5 international tournament will include commentary from netball legends Liz Ellis and Sharelle McMahon.

If former West Coast and AIS head netball coach Sue Gaudion was to have an early wager on next year's National Netball League, she would not be bothering with an each-way bet. So imposing is the Diamond-encrusted talent in Collingwood's inaugural dream team, that anything less than a debut title would be, on paper at least, a major underachievement.

The Canberra Darters hope to set up a pathway to National Netball League through GWS Giants.

The GWS Giants' new National Netball League club is likely to play games in Canberra in 2017.

As the NSW Swifts prepares to rebuild after a mass exodus from the club after their extra-time grand final heartbreak, Paige Hadley is choosing to focus on the positives of breeding a new generation of Swifts legends.

NSW Swifts coach Rob Wright has completed the rebuild of his playing list before next year's NNL.

For almost a decade, until Collingwood's recent arrival, Melbourne had been a one-team netball town. The Vixens now have a rich, influential and highly, highly-ambitious rival. Simone McKinnis welcomes the competition. The attention. The challenge to improve.

NSW Swifts coach Rob Wright admits his side is in for a long rebuild after unveiling a youth-heavy roster for next year's inaugural National Netball League season.

Netball Giants have unveiled their playing squad for next year's inaugural National Netball League.

Kim Green and Susan Pettitt headline the Giants Netball team that will contest the new Australian netball league, further pillaging the already-depleted NSW Swifts.

A $5000 average wage for footballers in the AFL's women's league is a reasonable start for the pioneers soon to embark on what - officially - will be a five-month commitment, according to Collingwood president Eddie McGuire.

A new-look Collingwood is unveiled to the rapture of club president Eddie McGuire. This super fit, fresh, athletic incarnation is black and white clad, will sing 'Good Old Collingwood Forever' in victory. It has a coach, a general manager and will call the Holden Centre home.

When Arawang forced its way into the Netball ACT State League grand final, Leigh Kalsbeek was 40,000 feet in the air.

Caitlin Bassett believes netball's new pay deal makes it an "amazing" time to be a female playing sport in Australia.

Rival Netball ACT grand finalists Jo Pivac and Tess Pennell believe Netball Australia's new pay deal will ignite interest in the sport.

Madi Robinson can not talk about her destination - Collingwood - until her contract is signed and cleared by the compliance manager employed to police netball's expanded $675,000 salary cap.

In a new era for women's sport in Australia, the game with more than 500,000 participants is finally rewarding the elite few at the pointy end with a significant step towards the full-time professionalism it is hoped will arrive within five years.

Jo Weston and Gretel Tippett have been added to the Diamonds' squad for the four Constellation Cup netball Tests against New Zealand.