Donnell Wallam's aunty cried so much after watching her niece sink the match-winning goal for Australia, she needed a bath towel to dry her eyes.
Speaking from Binjareb country in Western Australia's South West, Noongar elder Lesley Ugle was teary when asked about her niece's outstanding Australian Diamonds netball debut.
All eyes were on the Diamonds shooter after she was left at the centre of a dispute with mining magnate Gina Rinehart that resulted in netball's peak body losing a $15 million sponsorship deal.