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 all NSW Grand Final, her teams preparation and how she plans to prepare for her key match-up against Amy Parmenter.

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 thrilling event as it marks the 500th international game for the Diamonds, who will be facing off against their arch-rivals, the Silver Ferns. The four-game series promises to be a hotly contested tournament, with the Silver Ferns looking to prove their worth as the second-world ranked team despite their fourth-place finish at the recent World Cup in South Africa.

The Giants may be frontrunners for a consecutive wooden spoon but they are the most interesting team in the Super Netball league right now.

Julie Fitzgerald’s team made global headlines twice over the past week when Jamaican import Jodi-Ann Ward was sadly ruled out with an ACL tear and when they signed retired New Zealand legend Casey Kopua as her replacement. Sending us all into a headspin.

Our interview this week is with David Capron, who joins us to share their story as a gender diverse athlete amidst the controversial decision by some Victorian grassroots competitions to ban transgender players from participating in their women’s divisions.