Giants mid-courter Jamie-Lee Price set to reverse family curse in Canberra

The 23-year-old netballer spent her childhood travelling across the Tasman watching her father, Steve Price, tear up the field with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and New Zealand Warriors.

But he only managed to defeat the Raiders three-times at Canberra Stadium across his decorated NRL career.

Now his daughter is coming back to make for herself in the capital when the Giants take on the Queensland Firebirds at AIS Arena on Sunday.

Price has set her sights on extending the Giants' undefeated record to four-wins in Canberra, a feat her father never achieved.

"We've had a bit of luck over the past few years in Canberra and we enjoy going down there because we have a really good fan base," Price said.

"They really get around us and that's important after we just got back into the top-four.

"Dad is taking a road-trip to Canberra this weekend which is exciting. My parents are my number one fans and even came over to Liverpool [for the Netball World Cup].

"My dad is proud of me and it's really special he got to play professional sport as a job and now I get to do that after watching him."

The Canberra clash is the Giants' best opportunity to claim maximum points and solidify their position in the top-four ahead of the finals series.

The Giants are neck-to-neck with the Collingwood Magpies for fourth position, with only three-points separating them on the ladder. The interstate-club risk losing their position should they lose to the Firebirds on Sunday.

Queensland are yet to secure their first win of the Super Netball season but Price isn't taking them for granted.

"This match is important for us to maintain our position ahead of finals but they're not going to give it to us easily," Price said.

"The Firebirds have come back from the break in fine form and their position doesn't define them as a team.

"They're very passionate and will come out firing on Sunday. There's a few key players we need to look out for and if we work hard on keeping them out of the game then we should be alright."

Price will be using the Diamonds' heartbreaking loss to New Zealand in the Netball World Cup final as extra motivation in the Giants' battle to maintain fourth position and reach the semi-finals.

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"Losing by one goal really hurts and that game could have gone either way," Price said.

"It motivates me and the other girls to work harder because we don't want that feeling ever again.

"I definitely reflected and learned a lot from that grand final. The World Cup was challenging and exhausting but it was the best experience ever and a dream come true."

Super Netball organisers have come under scrutiny after representative players were expected to take the court just six days after international netball's pinnacle event.

Of the 31 World Cup players, only 17 managed to play a full-game of Super Netball last weekend.

Price and Diamonds captain Caitlin Bassett played the full four-quarters against the Magpies but England veteran Jo Harten came off at three-quarter time.

Giants coach Julie Fitzgerald admitted it was an exhausting turn-around for her players and said it's important to monitor their workload over the next few weeks.

"I won't lie, it's been challenging and we've tried to make sure we cover everything as best we can," Fitzgerald said.

"There's no way in the world you can come back from a World Cup and be switching on and raring to go as you might like."

"We had adrenaline last week and we all knew what situation we're in. We want to make sure we carry that through this week and look after them well now."

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Round 11: Giants Netball v Queensland Firebirds at AIS Arena, Sunday 1pm.