Australia's best netballers, including Diamonds captain Sharni Layton, are threatening drastic action over an explosive board-level power play threatening to rip apart the new Super Netball competition.
Netball Australia is in political turmoil, with board chair Anne-Marie Corboy standing down after less than a year in the post and then ousted as a director at a special general meeting.
The huge gains made by netball in recent years are under threat, and it's painful to watch.
The Giants are enjoying their Easter weekend off after carving out a clear lead in the Super Netball standings.
Super Netball is drawing significantly bigger live and television numbers than its predecessor and going gangbusters in the increasingly influential digital area.
It's time to have a sneak peek at Australia's netballing future. And it is looking rosy.
The Swifts have suffered their sixth Super Netball loss of the season, going down by five points to the Sunshine Coast.
The ladder-leading Giants have showcased their Super Netball title credentials with a four-point victory over back-to-back champions Queensland Firebirds at the Gold Coast Exhibition Centre.
The Magpies are still not in positive territory after following a loss with a win for a fourth consecutive time, but Friday's 56-43 defeat of the West Coast Fever at Hisense Arena means that, for now at least, the pre-season favourites are in Super Netball's top four.
The Canberra Giants are one win away from an Australian Netball League grand final berth.
Lisa Alexander suggests Collingwood's big-name roster only has one "world-class experienced player".
Swifts youngster Sarah Klau has the unenviable task of lining up on Sunshine Coast shooter Caitlin Bassett on Sunday.
Newly-confirmed Netball Australia chief executive officer Marne Fechner says the key battleground for the popular participant sport in the new age of national women's leagues headlined by the successful launch of AFLW is not athlete numbers but audience share.
The new league is doing what it set out to do, but netball needs some improvement off-court.
Tegan Philip was not inundated with offers before this season, but nor did she seek them. Having missed the year with a torn ACL, Philip was content to return to the club that had supported her rehabilitation, and now could not be more pleased that she did.
The second round of a Melbourne netball rivalry short on history but big in intensity ended with bragging rights to the veterans.
The Giants are still the queens of Sydney after overcoming a six-goal deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the NSW Swifts 59-56 on Saturday evening.
The Giants derby clash with the Swifts on Saturday will be their first game in Sydney in five weeks.
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.
The NSW Swifts are ready to turn the tables on the ladder-leading Giants in Saturday's Sydney derby.