Poor results over past year mean for the first time the Silver Ferns go into a World Cup as underdogs to reach the final.

With the Netball World Cup set to get underway tomorrow in Sydney, Radio Sport's Rikki Swannell runs her eye over the teams to watch.

Jamaica, the world's fourth-ranked team, had to rely on public donations back home to help get them to the World Cup in Sydney.

Over half a century after competing in the inaugural tournament in 1963, Dame Lois Muir will fly out to Sydney today for her 12th World Cup.

Silver Ferns newcomer Malia Paseka didn't think her family would get the chance to see her compete at her first World Cup.

In a year of dramatic changes for some of New Zealand's top netballers, midcourter Grace Rasmussen's road to World Cup selection has largely been overlooked.

It is all starting to feel real now for the Silver Ferns.

There is no more time for the Silver Ferns netballers.

Tess Nichol speaks to former Silver Ferns Belinda Colling, Lois Muir and Anna Stanley on the current Ferns' chances for World Cup glory.

The team are anxious to avoid the sickening feeling they felt after their loss in the 2011 World Cup final.

As Norma Plummer said after this week's two-test series against the Ferns: "I just don't see the Diamonds being beaten at the moment."

Three Silver Ferns tell Dana Johannsen what it means for them to represent New Zealand at a World Cup.

They've recorded convincing wins over Fiji and South Africa, tested several alternative lines in each area of the court and closely replicated the relentless World Cup schedule.

The Silver Ferns will feel much happier about boarding a plane to Sydney next week after a comprehensive win over South Africa.

South Africa have provided Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu with a better guide of the relative strengths of her different combinations ahead of the World Cup

The Silver Ferns might be facing an unfamiliar opponent, but there will be a very familiar face sitting on the opposing sideline.

The Silver Ferns' first pre-World Cup hit-out against Fiji on Thursday night provided a strong indicator of the lines Taumaunu will run during the tournament in Sydney in just under two weeks.

Top coaches would relate to Wai Taumaunu's dilemma when it came to choosing her world championship Silver Ferns squad this month, David Leggat.

Cathrine Latu has recommitted to the Northern Mystics next season, ending speculation over her future.

The spotlight shone on the new kid and the comeback kid in the Silver Ferns dominant win over Fiji in the first of three pre-World Cup hit-outs in Porirua tonight.

The Silver Ferns are satisfied with the competition they will get from Fiji and South Africa in their only test hit-outs before next month's World Cup.

The Northern Mystics' 2016 roster is beginning to take shape, but question marks over the future of some of the franchise's biggest names remain.

Silver Fern midcourter Camilla Lees is quitting netball for good as she says it is no longer possible to combine her medical work with the demands of playing at the top level.

It is possibly the biggest gamble of Waimarama Taumaunu's career. A calculated gamble, but a gamble no less.

The new-look Silver Ferns attack line are an unknown quantity even to themselves just over three weeks out from the start of the World Cup.