AUSTRALIAN golf continues to wring its hands and gnash its teeth over the state of the game in this country. Tournaments have been lost over the years, sponsors have become increasingly tight-fisted, even though Australia has never had such a crop of world-class players as it does right now.

The national netball coach, Norma Plummer, proved her strength two years ago by casting aside the shackles of tired sporting platitudes to call the entire New Zealand team "a bunch of scrubbers".

Australian coach Norma Plummer, who once dubbed the New Zealand team as "a bunch of scrubbers", joked yesterday she had been spiking her team's water with a contraceptive before tonight's Test at the Superdome.

By 9.30 tonight, Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie will either be king of the kids or facing an almighty mess.

The New Zealand netball team could be promiscuous or ugly, depending on which side of the Tasman you are standing and whether you agree with the Australian coach, Norma Plummer. Plummer stirred up controversy after labelling the Kiwi netballers ``a bunch of scrubbers" because of their style of play.