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Kate Moloney of Melbourne Vixens goes to throw the ball.

Vixens end Giants' winning run

Melbourne Vixens have interrupted the Giants' perfect start to the inaugural Super Netball season, retaining second place on the ladder with an outstanding performance at Hisense Arena and a 59-51 scoreline that was as much a statement as a result.

Magpies still GF-bound, says Swifts coach

Collingwood netball team.

Dual NSW Swifts grand final coach Rob Wright is very concerned about the potential ramifications for Sunday's round six encounter against the Collingwood Magpies at Hisense Arena.

Vixens humble Firebirds

Vixens Kate Moloney in round five match against the Firebirds in Queensland.

Back-to-back champions Queensland Firebirds suffered a humiliating 16-goal defeat at home to the Melbourne Vixens on Saturday night.

A new Magpie, happy to be home

Collingwood netballer Caitlin Thwaites in Melbourne this week.

When netball star Caitlin Thwaites is asked to nominate her worst injury during an eventful 14-year career, the answer has nothing to do with her body but everything about her mind.

Vixen rises to the challenge

 Emily Mannix.

Having never played a full game in netball's big league until this season, Emily Mannix's first two were against Diamonds' duo Caitlin Thwaites and Caitlin Bassett and her third against the NSW Swifts' Trinidadian revelation Sam Crawford. This Saturday it will be the colossus Romelda Aiken, who is equipped with the twin advantages of height and experience. Welcome.

Super Magpies mortal but moving on against the Thunderbirds

Caitlin Thwaites needs some scoring support if the Magpies are to thrive this season.

Magpies Netball coach Kristy-Keppich Birrell says "surprise" would not be the word she would use to describe her new team's 1-2 standing after three rounds, because it was always accepted within the Holden Centre's incredibly well-resourced walls (our words) that a team built from scratch and with a minimal collective pre-season preparation would need some getting-to-know-you time, however elite its separate components.