The Netty Life

The Team Girls Cup is back for the first time since 2019 and it will be our first real look at the 8 Super Netball Teams and what they plan to bring to season 2022! We also find time to chat with good mates (and fierce rivals!) Vixens hot-shot Rahni Samason and Magpies defender Jacqui Newtown, who are excited to have netball back in Victoria.

Australia has won it's sixth Quad Series title after a welcome return to the international stage. So which player have cemented themselves a Diamonds bib? And has Stacey Marinkovich won aussie netball fans over with the result? Find all your Quad Series analysis here on The Netty Life!

In past years the Diamonds have been the favourites heading into the Quad Series... But this time there are a few question marks hanging over the team, with a host of squad changes and limited playing time during the pandemic. Will Stacey Marinkovich rotate through the squad more effectively this time? Is Paige Hadley the most underrated Diamonds player? Could she be the difference on court? And h...

Teenage sensation and Giants sharp shooter Sophie Dwyer has had an incredible year in netball! The 19-year-old played her first full season of Super Netty in 2021 and helped her team make it all the way to the grand final with her long-bomb accuracy. Now she's been elevated from an Aussie Diamonds camp invitee to a fully-fledged member of the national squad. So we caught up with the young supersta...

The Netty Life met up with the crew from The Tie Dye Project to see first hand what happens when you sprinkle a little bit of happiness, love and friendship about. Supporting a cause close to all their hearts, this team are determined to make a difference in this world and leave it a better place. This pod is full of interviews with some of our favourite netballers, including Amy Parmenter, Keira...

They say that change is as good as a holiday and in 2022 Keira Austin is making a BIG change. Excited about the opportunity for a fresh start with room to grow and improve her game, Austin will find herself in new territory with the Melbourne Vixens as she looks to start a new chapter in her netball career. We talk all things Netty, from her decision to leave the Giants, to the rehab of her ACL an...

They say you are a long time retired but GIANTS Netball star Sam Poolman says she knew it was time to hang up the netty shoes. After 100 games at the elite level & well over a decade of experience to share, Sam now wants to 'pay it forward' by helping to inspire the next generation of netballers. Find out who Sam rates as the toughest goal shooter to match-up against in SSN and find out which form...

After the season from hell, Netball Australia CEO sits down with The Netty Life to chat about a challenging first year at the helm. The wide-ranging interview also looks towards the future, including Kelly's current thoughts on a Super Netball Tasmanian team, player signings and imports, what she hopes to see from the new broadcast deal and the uncertainty of the Diamonds tours coming up against N...

In their quest to lift the Super Netball trophy this year, the NSW Swifts picked up a bit of a secret weapon midway through the season. After losing three of their first seven games, including an upset to the Adelaide Thunderbirds, the team decided they needed a shift in mindset if they were going to have a crack at the title. Before the COVID chaos started, the Swifts flew Emma to Sydney for a on...

In our final podcast at the end of the most hectic Super Netball season, we tackle the 2021 Grand Final battle between the NSW Swifts and Giants. We also have the pleasure of speaking with premiership winning coach Briony Akle, just days after her team claimed the trophy for the second time in three seasons.

Grand Final week is like Christmas Eve for netball fans and after a long season, there is just one game left! We break down the key match-ups from last weeks Prelim Final and discuss the potential strengths and weaknesses of the GIANTS and Swifts as they prepare to face-off in the title fight. We also catch up with Swifts co-captain and Aussie Diamond Paige Hadley. We discuss the excitement of an...

There are just three teams left standing in Super Netball for 2021, and while the NSW Swifts are headed straight to the Grand Final, the Giants and West Coast Fever will battle it out for the final spot. Plenty of questions on the agenda, such as: - Has the Fever's goal attack rotation been a key to their success? - What will the Giants newbies learn from their one-point semi-final loss? AND - Whi...

With our top four locked and loaded and GIANTS Netball named Minor Premiers for 2021, the finish line is close and discuss how each team faired in their last game before the finals series starts this weekend. For the first time in SSN history both NSW teams, the GIANTS and the Swifts have made finals, and we wonder if Lighting have enough in reserve to beat Fever. With the Diamonds squad announcem...

A couple of upsets in RD12 have made for some interesting changes to the ladder with just two rounds to go. Now some teams are fighting to stay in the top four, while the Giants and West Coast Fever battle it out for the Minor Premiership. On the podcast, Kate and Britt take a closer look at each of the teams and where they sit at the business end of the competition. What do the teams in finals co...

Just when you think Super Netball had waved goodbye to its troubles and had happily settled in Adelaide ready to finish the season off, another outbreak throws the league into a relocation chaos. Meanwhile, when it comes to the ladder, the top four is pretty much cemented, with only a couple of teams still able to challenge for fourth place. Plus we have a crack at picking our Aussie Diamonds team...

To celebrate the wonder that is double centurion Geva Mentor, we spent some time with the Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Collingwood Magpies captain — talking netball, friendships and spa baths. Also on the agenda: Fever's back-to-back losses, which teams are still fighting fatigue and are the Swifts the new favourites to win the competition?

As players spend extended time away from home some teams are dealing with it better than others. The NSW Swifts are one of those teams, who, despite their challenges were able to beat the undefeated West Coast Fever and elevate their chances as a serious contender for the title. We're excited to chat to talented Adelaide Thunderbirds defender Matlida Garrett on this podcast and to have a full roun...

With COVID-19 threatening to derail the Super Netball fixture, players have again been asked to be flexible to keep the competition going, as most teams head to Melbourne to form another hub. Meanwhile, fans weren't happy about the Fever's not-so-subtle swipe at the Vixens online, playing the blame game after the Melbourne team didn't turn up for their scheduled RD8 game in Perth. Leadership has a...

Round 8 is a split round in SSN, so we discuss the two games that were on offer. The Swifts were clinical against a struggling Firebirds outfit who may have just squandered away their top four dreams; meanwhile Jo Harten brought the Giants back to life against a penalty heavy Thunderbirds who looked disjointed. - Have the Swifts found their starting seven yet? - Has the Thunderbirds winning ways o...

We're halfway through the 2021 season and former Aussie Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander joins us to discuss all things Super Netball. While some teams are starting to fatigue and struggling with consistency, the West Coast Fever show no signs of slowing down. The team are still undefeated seven rounds in, and are certainly the team to beat right now — despite more rumblings within the netball commun...

After searching long and hard, Netball Australia has finally appointed its new Chief Executive Officer. We sit down with Kelly Ryan to find out what drew her to netball, and how her previous experience in the AFL and sports marketing will influence her tenure. Hot topics include: - the super shot - umpiring funding - men's netball Kelly also shares the netty position she played growing up and her...

This week we take a deep dive into men’s netball and discuss the challenges boys and men face to play the sport we all love. Our special guests are Australian Sonix player and elite coach Eugene Lee and former NSW player and director of the first men’s netball doco — Rising to Occasion — due to be released later in the year. We also analyse all the action from RD6 and ponder whether fatigue might...

Round 5 of the 2021 Super Netball season has been the best yet, with extremely tight matches and a great start to the first half of Indigenous Round. This episode features analysis from former Australian Diamond and proud Dunghutti and Gumbaynggirr woman, Sharon Finnan-White. As well as an interview with Indigenous shooter and Kaniyan-Noongar woman Donnell Wallam, who is on the rise in the UK's Su...

Round 4 of the Super Netball season was the best one yet, with four tight games that kept us entertained across the weekend. Julie Fitzgerald joins us to talk about the Giants undefeated form. While we ponder whether the NSW Swifts and Melbourne Vixens made the right signings for their 2021 rosters.

There are some big administration changes at the top of netball this week, while NRL Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart lands in hot water for some casual sexism and an arrogant "apology". We chat with Queensland Firebirds and Aussie Diamonds shooter Gretel Bueta about being a new mum and making her way back to the top of her game. While Super Netball RD3 has us pondering whether the Lightning wi...