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Netball Australia CEO Marne Fechner is delighted with the early interest in Super Netball.

The new competition that's booming

Super Netball is drawing significantly bigger live and television numbers than its predecessor and going gangbusters in the increasingly influential digital area.

Giants extend lead on Super Netball ladder

Focused: Jo Harten of the Giants.

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.

Magpies beat Fever to inch into top four

Caitlin Thwaites of the Magpies shoots on Friday night.

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.

Star goaler's return a Philip for Vixens

Tegan Philip of Melbourne Vixens.

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.

Why a star Diamond almost quit netball

  Black and white: Sharni Layton has learnt plenty about herself at new club the Magpies.

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.

Mother-daughter netball scenario not sticky for Honeys

Sweet story: Melbourne Vixens assistant coach Di Honey and daughter Tayla, who stepped up last weekend as a replacement ...

When the sporting Honey family finally sat down to watch some old footage of one of the elite netballers in its midst, eldest daughter Tayla, an aspiring Australian midcourter and Melbourne Vixens training partner, saw for the first time the player her mother Di had been.

Vixens end Giants' winning run

Kate Moloney of Melbourne Vixens goes to throw the ball.

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.