The Netty Life

Part one of First Nations round happened over round seven in the lead up to National Reconciliation Week.

We hear from Yarwuru woman Scarlet Jauncey about her selection in the inaugural Australian First Nations team and the West Coast Fever Reserves side. 

The defender has been mentored by England Roses...

Round six threw up the league's first two-minute suspension of 2024 as Giant Jamie-Lee Price was sent to the sideline. Fever have now shot four points clear to sit at the top of the ladder, while the Lightning brought the Vixens winning streak to an end.

In the lead up to the first of a two-part First Nations Round this season we talk to Sharon Finnan-White – one of only three Indigenous Diamonds to have represented Austral...

In round five, the West Coast Fever and Melbourne Vixens continued their unbeaten streak to remain ladder leaders.

The Fever hit their highest Super Netball score yet this season at 94 goals and the Vixens claimed the first instalment of the Sargeant-McKinnis Cup.

But the biggest story was neither of these moments and actually revolved around a...

The 2024 Super Netball season is officially underway and we welcomed brand new club the Mavericks to the family.

Round one saw attendance records broken, the West Coast Fever start their season with a 19-goal bang, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds cap a fantastic weekend for South Australian netball with a tight victory. 

On this podcast we chat with Melbourne Vixens defender Rudi Ellis, who was one of the absolute standou...

A brand new Super Netball season is upon us and we’ve got you sorted with all you need to know in our season preview! 

On top of discussing each of the eight team’s headline story to watch, we also cover some of the biggest talking points from the past week. 

Such as Sam Wallace-Joseph’s brush with controversy relating to Easter and International Transgender Day of Visibility, Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua’s re...

Katie McCarthy has a passion for women in sport and … scrunchies! 

Her business aims to make comfortable and colourful hair ties for girls to wear without it falling out as they play sport. 

At the Team Girls Cup, McCarthy ventured into netball for the first real time, partnering with Amy Parmenter’s Tie-Dye Project to donate money to the Confident Girls Foundation.

We hear more about the partnership, about Scrunchi...

Another exciting instalment of the Team Girls Cup wrapped up last weekend at Sydney’s Ken Rosewell Arena. In front of their home crowd, the NSW Swifts were crowned champions after defeating the Melbourne Vixens by one goal in a thrilling grand final. 

The three-day tournament was a chance to see all eight teams and their extended bench before the Super Netball season officially starts on April 13th; with 12 of the 16 g...

The Diamonds added to their trophy cabinet with another international win at the Netball Nations Cup, defeating the Roses in an emphatic win in the final by 20 goals.

We discuss:
- How good can the Sophie Dywer and Sophie Garbin combination be for the Diamonds?
- Is Jess Thirlby the coach to take the Roses to the next level?
- Should the Silver Ferns relax their import player rule, and should New Zealand Netball allow their at...

The Aussie Diamonds are undefeated midway through the Nations Cup, as the teams now get a week off and the tournament heads from London to Leeds.

The team have got one more game to come against Uganda before they reach the final, where they’ll to meet their old foes New Zealand or England.

We caught up with Diamonds assistant coach Nicole Richardson to get her thoughts on how the Australian team has performed so far.

And also...

The Aussie Diamonds are in the UK, ready to battle New Zealand, England and Uganda for the Netball Nations Cup. It's a trophy they've never contested and coach Stacey Marincovich has assembled a World Cup winning squad to claim it.

In what will be an historic moment in international netball, Australia and Uganda will meet for the first time in the sport’s history. We also share interviews with Diamond defender Sunday Aryang...

After several months of an unbelievable shit show, Netball Australia and the Australian Netball Players’ Association finally agreed on a landmark Super Netball CPA deal that will see the players and administration enter a partnership in the sport’s very first revenue-share model.

Was former CEO Kelly Ryan used as a scapegoat for the rest of the board? And should more heads roll as the governing body pick up the pieces of th...

After 11 years competing at the elite level of netball, Verity Simmons, West Coast Fever's talented mid-courter, has decided to retire from the sport. Her decision was partly influenced by the ongoing disputes between Netball Australia and the unresolved CPA, which has left netballers without pay for nine weeks.

Throughout her career, Verity has faced injuries, grand final losses, two premiership wins, and has even had the ...

The Diamonds have held onto the Constellation Cup by aggregate goals despite losing the final two matches of the series to the New Zealand Silver Ferns.

Should the series be changed to a three or five match contest? Why did the Diamonds drop off in intensity on the New Zealand leg? And what sparked the resurgence in the Silver Ferns - was it all down to Grace Nweke?

We also pay tribute to our Aussie men, the Kelpies, who wo...

On a special bonus episode of The Netty Life, we catch up with Jillian Joyce, business owner of Pride Human Performance in Townsville and Head coach of the North Queensland Netball Academy.

Jillian is one of the best netball brains in NQ.

In this candid interview, we chat about the role she plays in uncovering netball talent up north, the growth of the men’s game, how her team are breaking down the stigma that is still assoc...

The Aussie Diamonds have asserted their dominance early in the greatest trans-Tasman rivalry in sport.

After taking a 2-0 lead on home soil, the Constellation Cup tour now heads to New Zealand for the final two matches.

Meanwhile, in the men’s, the Aussie Kelpies have done the same in their Trans-Tasman Cup. Securing the trophy for another year with one game left to play in Auckland.

We analyse all the games so far and also p...

As the Diamonds gear up to face their fiercest rivals, the Silver Ferns, so do their Aussie and New Zealand male counterparts.

For a second year running, the Trans-Tasman Cup will be played as a double header alongside the women’s Constellation Cup, with all matches to be televised.

The Australian team will debut its new name – the Kelpies – when they hit the court Thursday for Game 1, after a long time between games and a l...

It has been a while since our last podcast, and some tension is brewing in the Australian Netball scene. We discuss the growing unease between Netball Australia and the Australian Netball Players Association (ANPA) as Super Netball players are currently left without income due to the CPA that is yet to be finalised.

We also discuss the upcoming Constellation Cup that starts in Melbourne on October 12th, which is set to be a...