Saturday night, and the kickoff of Suncorp Super Netball marks a massive moment for netball in Australia. The timing is perfect, in that suddenly it seems the sporting public, sponsors and broadcasters have switched on to the fact that watching women play sport is awesome.

To that end, netball will provide a whole lot of awesome over the next several months. Let me assure you that the time to jump on the bandwagon is now. It may be the easiest exercise you get all week.

Sharni Layton might make it harder to hate Collingwood Credit:Penny Stephens

In the interests of making that bandwagon accessible, here are some key things you need to know about as you settle in with a beverage of your choice on Saturday nights to watch some of the best athletes in the world battle it out.

Firstly, cancel all your plans for Saturday nights for the next seventeen weeks. Round one kicks off with a triple-header of local derbies from 5pm this Saturday on 9GEM. Now don't get too used to this, because from round two onwards Saturday night reverts to double headers. Those two games will be live on 9GEM from 7pm, while the other two matches – generally on Sundays and occasionally Fridays will be shown on Telstra TV.