![Black and white: Sharni Layton has learnt plenty about herself at new club the Magpies.](/web/20170331021857im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/6/0/s/h/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gv9kro.png/1490852645484.jpg)
Why a star Diamond almost quit netball
Sharni Layton struggles to think of herself as a former Vixen, having failed to play a single minute in her sole year on the club's list. But that frustrating 2008 experience inspired the netballer who now ranks among the world's finest, even as it came perilously close to driving her permanently from the game.