Soccer-Australia's Matildas back netballers in pay dispute, says striker Simon

Soccer Football - Women's Super League - Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur - Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 12, 2021 Tottenham Hotspur's Kyah Simon during the warm up before the match Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine/File photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian national women's soccer team can "empathise" with the country's netballers in their fight for the pay and conditions they "truly deserve", striker Kyah Simon said.

Players in the professional Super Netball league are locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with governing body Netball Australia over terms for a new collective bargaining agreement.