Kim Green's scintillating Super Netball form has piqued the interest of Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander, although luring the Giants captain out of international retirement remains an unlikely proposition.
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Giants coach Julie Fitzgerald declared Green the best wing attack in the world in the lead up to last weekend's win over Adelaide with the 32-year-old arguably in career-best form since recovering from the ACL injury that sidelined her for more than a year.
And her dominant displays in the Giants' mid-court haven't gone unnoticed by Alexander, who is in Sydney to watch Sunday's derby against the Swifts at the International Convention Centre.
"You've got to do your due diligence, that's part of what you do as a national selector," Alexander said. "She's certainly been making a big impression on the competition.
"It's funny with Cyril [Rioli] retiring this week, I said to someone at Netball Australia, we should actually put together a bit of a skills clips of some of our players and Kim Green would be one of those players to show how brilliant her skills are. It's testament to her and the hard work she's put in."
Green's last game for the Diamonds was Australia's 2015 World Cup final win over New Zealand in Sydney.
And while admitting she was honoured to have been considered for an unlikely recall, Green said lining up in the Quad Series later this year would be almost impossible given her post-season Netfit Netball commitments – a business she helps operate with former Swifts and Giants teammate Sarah Wall.
The pair announced this week they'd signed Alexander as an official coaching ambassador, to coincide with Saturday's launch of the Netfit app.
Green and Wall have spent almost 12 months designing and developing the application, which will provide drone-shot footage of netball drills, plus constantly updating information on nutrition, coaching and wellbeing.
"I'm just really keen to support our netballers that are taking that step into entrepreneurship and into the social media and digital space," Alexander said. "I think it's a really important part of what we can do to communicate with our fans and all of our stakeholders in netball.
"At Netball Australia, we're trying to do as much as we keen in that coach education space. We've only got a certain amount of hours in the day and funds and for a business like this to come in and assist in that space just makes sense."
