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After a 1,449-day wait, the Australian men’s netball team are ready to return to the court

Almost four years between international tours, the Australian men's netball team is preparing to take to the court in the Trans-Tasman tour of New Zealand.

The 1,449-day hiatus will end on October 12 and it cannot come soon enough for captain Dylan Nexhip, who said he's looking to use the tour across the ditch to pick up growth in the men's game after a training camp on the Central Coast.

"After such a long lay-off between last international series to now the excitement, anticipation and everything's built that when we get there, it's just nothing but pure passion and we bring that high-performance environment," Nexhip said.

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