Australia produced a dominant first-quarter display and never relinquished their lead to take the four-match Constellation Cup series 3-1 in Invercargill.

Australia won't be happy with just bringing home the Constellation Cup – they want to do it with an emphatic final netball Test victory over New Zealand.

Lisa Alexander wants Giants netball to become the team Canberra kids grow up dreaming of playing for.

Diamonds skipper Clare McMeniman says her side's defensive combinations are beginning to bear fruit after a clinical 12-point Constellation Cup victory.

An imperious Caitlin Bassett performance in the shooting circle has led the Diamonds to a 62-50 trouncing of the Silver Ferns in their Constellation Cup  clash in Auckland.

Australia will have to win in enemy territory to bring home the Constellation Cup following a two-goal loss to New Zealand in Launceston.

Australia plan to heap even more pressure on New Zealand in a bid to strangle the Silver Ferns' attack in the Diamonds' first netball Test in Tasmania in 27 years.

Caitlin Bassett landed a perfect 47 goals from 47 attempts to set up a big win for Australia over New Zealand.

The Australian Diamonds are aiming for a clean sweep in this year's Constellation Cup against New Zealand.

April Brandley got her first chance to pay for Australia unexpectedly, called-up for the injured Laura Geitz for the 2013 tour of England, a surprise Test debutante at the age of 22. She lasted just one match.

Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander says more money in women's cricket will help create a "snowball effect" for women's sport.

Gabi Simpson is ready for a typically rough Constellation Cup clash with New Zealand on Sunday.

Admitting to collective frustration at a "scratchy" performance against New Zealand in last month's Quad Series, the Australian Diamonds are preparing to take what they hope will be a more cohesive attack end into Sunday's opening Constellation Cup Test in Sydney.

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.