Netball year in review 2016: New competition, more money and Diamonds sparkle

By James Buckley
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:32pm, first published December 8 2016 - 3:06pm

Story of the year: Back in May, Netball Australia announced a new national league would begin in 2017, splitting the ANZ Championship into standalone Australian and New Zealand domestic competitions. Australia's National Netball League will be made up of the five existing national teams, plus three newcomers – the Collingwood Football Club, a second Sydney side linked with the GWS Giants, and a Sunshine Coast outfit affiliated with the Melbourne Storm. After nine seasons, the ANZ Championship closed off in style in July with the Queensland Firebirds getting the better of the NSW Swifts in a 69-67 double-overtime thriller – probably the greatest game in league history.

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