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Netball Australia was founded on 26/27 August 1927 as the All Australia Women's Basket Ball Association during an interstate women's basketball carnival. Its founding members included the Sydney City Girls' Amateur Sports Association (New South Wales), the Australian Ladies Basket Ball Association (), the South Australian Women's Basket Ball Association (South Australia), the Melbourne Girls ...
In Australia 80% of all netball played is played at netball clubs. [4] The number of Netball Clubs around Australia has been in decline since the 1940s. [ 15 ] Between 1985 and 2003, only two Western Australian towns decreased the distance that Netball players had to travel in order to compete; these towns were Brookton and Pingelly . [ 16 ]
Netball is a ball sport for two teams of seven players; its rules are published in print and online by the International Netball Federation. [1] Games are played on a rectangular court divided into thirds, with a raised goal at each short end.
Variations of the rules and even names for the sport arose in different areas: "women's (outdoor) basketball" arrived in Australia around 1900 and in New Zealand from 1906, [33] [35] while "netball" was being played in Jamaican schools by 1909.
The Super Netball League [1] (known predominantly by its sponsored name Suncorp Super Netball (SSN)) is a professional netball league featuring teams from across Australia.It superseded the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top-level netball league in Australia in 2017.
Since 2022, Australia Men have played in the Men's Fast5 Netball World Series. [28] Australia won the 2024 series after defeating New Zealand 32–30 in the final. [29] Australia's pre-match dance to NSYNC's Bye Bye Bye saw them widely viewed on social media. However, this also led to homophobic abuse.
At the time, Australia played seven-a-side netball, while New Zealand played nine-a-side. For these matches, Australian seven-a-side netball was adopted, along with some netball rules from England. [18] [25] In their one encounter for that tour, Australia's national team defeated New Zealand 40–11.
The Northern Riverina Football Netball League (NRFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing five clubs based in the northern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features four grades in the Australian rules football competition, with these being Seniors, Under 17s, Under 14s and Under 11s.