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<\/p>\nAustralia’s netball team is sticking with the notion diamonds are forever, with Sarah Klau keeping her spot in the Constellation Cup squad.<\/p>\n
Klau was included in the Diamonds’ 14-player squad named on Tuesday, less than a week after the goalkeeper was sanctioned by Netball Australia.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old was handed a AU$5000 (NZ$6233) fine and a two-game ban – suspended for 12 months – by the sport’s national governing body.<\/p>\n
Klau fronted Sydney’s Downing Centre Court earlier in September over a common assault charge on June 7.<\/p>\n
She had allegedly kicked a security guard in the back outside a pub in Sydney’s eastern suburbs when she was denied entry due to being too intoxicated.<\/p>\n
The NSW Swifts player had reportedly attended a Sydney Swans AFL match, a day after an ongoing leg injury ruled her out of the remainder of the Super Netball season.<\/p>\n
Klau, who represented Australia on 67 occasions since her Diamonds debut in 2019, had failed to disclose the matter to NA before the Commonwealth Games in July, resulting in the sanctions.<\/p>\n
Vice-captain Kate Moloney said she hadn’t spoken to Clau since the punishment was rendered but had checked in with messages.<\/p>\n
“Sarah has apologised to group and is extremely remorseful for what’s happened,” she told AAP at the National Gallery of Victoria’s Cartiern exhibition.<\/p>\n
“Obviously it’s not behaviour that we want to see from our Australian Diamonds.<\/p>\n
“She’s given an opportunity pull on that dress and I have doubt that she goes out there and plays some really good netball.”<\/p>\n
Sophie Dwyer also retained her place after the Commonwealth Games debutant missed her after-the-siren shot in a nightmare semi-final loss to Jamaica.<\/p>\n
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Sarah Klau of the Australian Diamonds. New Zealand Silver Ferns v Australia Diamonds, Constellation Cup at Globox Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand on Sunday 26 October 2025. (Source: Photosport)<\/p>\n
The Sydney Sirens shooter was left on the bench in Australia’s bronze-medal win over England in Glasgow.<\/p>\n
Moloney suggested much of the focus of the third-place finish had unfairly fallen on Dwyer’s shoulders. <\/p>\n
“For me, the courage that she showed to take the shot and put it up was pretty special,” the Melbourne Vixens captain said.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got to look at the amount of mistakes that we made earlier in the game that led to us being in that position.”<\/p>\n
The core of coach Stacey Marinkovich’s team remains the same from the Games, although Jo Weston was a notable absentee as her load is managed.<\/p>\n
Jessie Grenvold, Amy Parmenter and Donnell Wallam return to the side after travelling to Glasgow as reserves.<\/p>\n
Grenvold is yet to make her Diamonds debut after earning her maiden call-up in May following a breakout season in defence for the Melbourne Mavericks.<\/p>\n
The Constellation Cup begins on October 18, with the Diamonds travelling to Auckland to take on the new Commonwealth Games champions.<\/p>\n
Australia have not won a game in New Zealand in regular time since the 2021 Constellation Cup. <\/p>\n
Coming off Games gold<\/a>, Diamonds captain Liz Watson knows the Silver Ferns will be brimming with confidence<\/a> and belief.<\/p>\n “We haven’t had the best track record over in New Zealand so we’ll have to start really strong,” Watson said.<\/p>\n Diamonds squad for the Constellation Cup:<\/p>\n Kiera Austin (NSW\/Melbourne Vixens)<\/p>\n Courtney Bruce (WA\/Sunshine Coast Lightning)<\/p>\n Sophie Dwyer (NSW\/Sydney Sirens), Sophie Garbin (WA\/Melbourne Vixens)<\/p>\n Matilda Garrett (VIC\/NSW Swifts)<\/p>\n Jessie Grenvold (SA\/Melbourne Mavericks)<\/p>\n Georgie Horjus (SA\/Adelaide Thunderbirds)<\/p>\n Sarah Klau (SA\/NSW Swifts)<\/p>\n Cara Koenen (QLD\/Queensland Firebirds)<\/p>\n Kate Moloney (VIC\/Melbourne Vixens)<\/p>\n Amy Parmenter (NSW\/Melbourne Mavericks)<\/p>\n Jamie-Lee Price (NSW\/Melbourne Mavericks)<\/p>\n Donnell Wallam (WA\/Sunshine Coast Lightning)<\/p>\n Liz Watson (VIC\/Sunshine Coast Lightning)<\/p>\n Fixtures:<\/p>\n Match 1: Sunday, October 18 (Spark Arena, Auckland)<\/p>\n Match 2: Wednesday, October 21 (Wolfbrook Arena, Christchurch)<\/p>\n Match 3: Sunday, October 25 (Afterpay Arena, Sydney)<\/p>\n Match 4: Wednesday, October 28 (John Cain Arena, Melbourne)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia’s netball team is sticking with the notion diamonds are forever, with Sarah Klau keeping her spot in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,111,139,69,17771,213],"class_list":["post-607911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-australia","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-silver-ferns","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}