The opening round of Suncorp Super Netball has taught us a lot of things. Important things like six hours of live netball on Channel Nine on Saturday night is barely enough.

As sweet as their upset two-goal victory over title favourites Collingwood was in the opening Super Netball round, the Melbourne Vixens are determined to avoid any potential let-down in the second against another much-touted newcomer, the Sunshine Coast Lightning.

Melbourne Vixens shooter Tegan Philip has her eye on the inaugural Super Netball title after making a brilliant return from a knee reconstruction in an upset win over Collingwood.

The Giants have beaten the Swifts in a thriller to open the Super Netball competition.

Melbourne Vixens have upset Collingwood Magpies 58-55 in the opening round of Super Netball.

Gold Coast sergeant charged with illegally using Queensland police database to look up personal details of netball star Laura Geitz.

Amid the clamour to hail Collingwood as the Super Netball standout before Saturday's historic three-state series of opening round derbies, the Melbourne Vixens have received some unexpected support from north of the border, via rival Sydney captains Kim Green and Abbey McCulloch.

Women's sport is on the verge of a new era in Australia with the start of Suncorp Super Netball.

Shannon O’Connor will make her Australian Netball League return in Canberra's season opener against NSW.

Swifts shooter Helen Housby is one of 16 imports who will play in this season's Super Netball competition.

The tune is that famous one we all know, the words already learnt and rehearsed a few times during the pre-season. Good old Collingwood is new Collingwood in a netball sense, and the overwhelming expectation - and, in some cases, fear - that the inaugural Suncorp Super Netball premiership will indeed be a cakewalk will be tested for the first time on Saturday night.

Caitlin Thwaites has played netball for the two biggest teams in Australia, the NSW Swifts and Melbourne Vixens, and is now part of the most powerful sporting club in the land. When asked about the difference in "the Collingwood way", Thwaites quoted coach Kristy Keppich-Birrell, whose message to her Diamond-studded line-up is: "You can dream big here".

Here are some key things you need to know about as you settle in with a beverage of your choice on Saturday nights to watch some of the best athletes in the world battle it out.

Optimism, anticipation, bold declarations and Channel Nine celebrities in active wear were all in abundance as Netball Australia's new national league was officially launched to a grand Sydney Harbour backdrop.

The Giants and Swifts clash in an opening-round blockbuster to kick start the Super Netball competition.

Cricket's Big Bash League flogs them. In the A-League, they prove to be among the highlights of each season. And they were once a mainstay of the National Basketball League in Melbourne.

Susan Pettitt's has turned her focus to Saturday's Super Netball season opener after her Australian recall.

Former coaching partners Julie Fitzgerald and Rob Wright are up against each other in Australia's new netball league.

Women's sporting codes are in intense competition for talent, but ultimately, the fans will win.