Collingwood Super Netball head coach Nicole Richardson has been to hell and back this year.

Her side were made defunct six weeks before the end of the Super Netball season, where they finished with their second-ever wooden spoon and won their last two home games in an emotional and bittersweet farewell.

Then she won the Netball World Cup in South Africa with the Diamonds as an assistant coach, standing on the podium alongside five Pies players.

Beyond this, Richardson witnessed Collingwood’s development team win another ANC title in the netball club’s last hurrah.

In this chat, Richardson reflects on her overall time with the Pies, where it all went wrong for the club and her frustrations playing second-fiddle to their football department.

Richardson also shares where she plans to head next and what advice she would give the new SEN-owned team replacing the Pies in the Super Netball league for 2024.

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.

The major-semi final saw the West Coast Fever steam-roll the Melbourne Vixens to be the first team through to the 2022 Super Netball Grand Final. Meanwhile, Giants Netball made a huge statement in their minor-semi final win over the brave Collingwood Magpies, who were sent packing from the competition on Sunday afternoon.

We analyse the results from both games, looking at how the Fever were able to dismantle the Vixens, the impact coach Dan Ryan has had on the team this year; and the impact of Maddie Hay who was instrumental in the Giants success against the Magpies,

We discuss the Vixens lack lustre form and ponder what the Giants will need to do to pull off a miraculous win on the weekend over the minor premiers to book a grand final birth on the west coast.

We also chat to former Australian international umpire, Michelle Phippard, who even though is now retired from the sport, still keeps a close eye on the game.