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A crack down on dangerous play, overhauling a farcical short pass rule, and the ditching of some of the irksome international netball rules will be put to the vote in Cape Town later this month.

The latest INF Netball World Cup news, articles and analysis from the The Age

Analysis - The Silver Ferns team named for the Netball World Cup might not have been met with widespread approval on Wednesday, but it's hard to fault the selectors' logic, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Netball is facing a massive challenge as it tries to compete with codes that are being cross subsidised by cashed up men's sports, the head of the New Zealand Netball Players' Association says.

Netball New Zealand is interested in a netball equivalent of cricket's IPL, which would draft the best players in the world and give athletes a chance to earn more money.

World Netball and Netball Australia have launched a joint campaign to push the sport's Olympic cause.

The Silver Ferns will play England in a three test series in September.

Matilda Garrett becomes the first Adelaide Thunderbirds player selected for the Australian Diamonds since Erin Bell in 2015.

Out of the seven positions on a netball court wing defence is probably the least glamorous, yet it's causing Silver Ferns' coach Dame Noeline Taurua a few headaches ahead of the World Cup.

Donnell Wallam has kept a low profile off the court since being embroiled in Netball Australia's Hancock sponsorship saga, but six months on, the Noongar woman is finally ready to talk about it.