A standout performance from goalkeeper Sharni Layton has lifted Collingwood to a thrilling 61-59 Super Netball win over the Queensland Firebirds in Launceston.

The NSW Swifts have overcome a sluggish start to record a 51-48 come-from-behind victory over the Adelaide Thunderbirds in Saturday's Super Netball clash.

For all the disquiet surrounding the entry of privately-owned teams to the new Super Netball competition, the noise being made by the Melbourne Vixens continues to silence all those who had questioned the readiness of the proud establishment-owned club.

The Super Netball competition is fueling England's bid for a Commonwealth Games gold medal next year.

Swifts captain Abbey McCulloch has been ruled out this weekend with a knee injury.

Melbourne Vixens skipper Kate Moloney says her ladder-leading Super Netball side is relishing its chance to have a crack at the Sunshine Coast, who dished out its sole defeat of the season.

If Geva Mentor did not teach the young Vixens defenders everything she knows, then Melbourne's beloved former premiership player happily shared all that she could.

Senior netball officials suggested making an unprecedented attempt to influence the broadcast coverage of player protests staged at last weekend's round of Super Netball matches, by limiting the input of high-profile commentator and outspoken board critic Liz Ellis in particular.

Deposed Netball Australia director and former chair Anne-Marie Corboy has warned against underestimating the threat posed by the AFL Women's league in the newly-competitive national environment, while staying cautiously optimistic that the power play orchestrated by the state associations will not derail netball's recent progress.

Shining a light on the machinations around a particularly rancorous AGM should prompt a thorough review of the Netball Australia constitution. This is hardly sexy, yet it is vital to the ongoing viability of our sport.

The Giants have slipped to just their second loss of the Super Netball season, going down by three points to the Magpies.

Sharni Layton says Super Netball players will consider future action should Netball Australia fail to implement an independent board.

Sarah Wall is loving life as a Giant after being plucked out of semi-retirement by coach Julie Fitzgerald.

The final act in an unprecedented netball week hijacked by boardroom manoeuvring and threats of retaliatory disruption by the players' association will be played out on the court in Sydney on Sunday afternoon.

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Industrial action expected to disrupt weekend's Super Netball as Netball Australia board fails to re-elect former national captain Kathryn Harby-Williams as a director.

Netball greats Catherine Cox and Liz Ellis have savaged the suggestion that players would be prepared to exploit landmark parental leave provisions simply to win themselves a so-called paid "holiday/break" – a claim the Australian Netball Players' Association allege was raised during last year's collective bargaining negotiations.

The dramatic public airing of netball's dirty laundry is believed to have enhanced the board re-election prospects of the players' preferred candidate, but a sit-down protest during the weekend's Super Netball round is still a possibility.

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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.