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Giant injury blow for netball star

Big blow: Kristiana Manu'a (left) will miss the entire National Netball League season.

Giants defender Kristiana Manu'a will miss the inaugural National Netball League after rupturing her Achilles tendon at training last week.

Netball: Melbourne teams set sights on Rod Laver arena

The launch of the impressive Collingwood Magpies netball team in September.

While Rod Laver Arena is the ultimate destination for both Melbourne teams in the newly-named and fixtured Suncorp Super Netball league, with the first perhaps as early as 2018, the Vixens and Magpies will split their games between Hisense Arena and the smaller Margaret Court Arena in the meantime.