The Melbourne Vixens have work ahead if they are to successfully defend their Super Netball title,while Collingwood also fell in their season-opener.
Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich said she would not be rushing to appoint a permanent captain after Liz Watson was ruled out of the Super Netball season.
Viewer numbers released by Netball Australia show fans spent an average of 16.2 per cent more time watching matches in 2020 compared to last year.
The Melbourne Vixens have won the 2020 Super Netball grand final,defeating the West Coast Fever in an absolute classic.
Tegan Philip has been a fixture at the Melbourne Vixens for the past 11 seasons but Sunday's grand final will be her finale.
Vixens wing defence Kate Eddy is working hard and keeping positive as she hopes to prove she can play through a foot injury in Sunday's Super Netball grand final.
Stacey Marinkovic and Simone McKinnis refuse to let the Super Netball grand final become a referendum on who should coach the national team.
The stats say it will be hard to split the Vixens and Fever on grand final day. But statistics are just an indication,so we will have to wait and see who steps up.
Melbourne Vixens have handled every challenge thrown in front of them this season,now they have one last obstacle in their way in the form of grand final opponent West Coast Fever on Sunday.
The Melbourne Vixens are hopeful starting wing defence Kate Eddy can recover from a foot injury in time for the club's grand final in two weeks'time.
Melbourne's defensive pressure to smother the Lightning's attack was exemplary,and it provided the platform for their own attack to receive free-flowing service and punish their opponents on the scoreboard.