Hancock subsequently pulled its $15 million sponsorship of Netball Australia<\/a> in the days leading up to Wallam's Diamonds debut against England on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Pakistan upset in last-ball thriller at World Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Qatar responds to Socceroos' World Cup protest<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Kangaroos stars separated after heated exchange<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The goal shooter became an instant national hero when she came off the bench to nail the winning goal<\/a> in the final seconds of a thrilling contest in Newcastle.<\/p>\n Wallam then broke down during an interview<\/a>, as the enormity of the week she'd just experienced dawned on her.<\/p>\n Norder, who played 46 games for the Diamonds and was a two-time International Player of the Year was heartbroken by Wallam's emotional reaction, telling SEN that she should never have been put in the position to feel so much pressure.<\/p>\n "Donnell Wallam should never have been out in the limelight. She should have been protected all this time and she wasn't,"\ufeff Norder said.<\/p>\n "I do think someone in Netball Australia needs to be held accountable for everything that's happened in the last couple of weeks because it wasn't fair on all of the players, but especially Donnell."<\/p>\n Norder added that the emotional scenes that followed Wallam's match-winning goal was one of the "proudest moments" she's seen as an Australian netballer.<\/p>\n She said that the size of the sponsorship saga that engulfed netball in the lead-up to the game would have been stifling for the Diamonds players.\ufeff<\/p>\n "Just because of what the players have had to withstand over the last two weeks. It never should have been as public as it was \u2013 there was a lot of misreporting and they carried a lot of the load of what happened," she said.<\/p>\n "I watched that game and went \u2013 that's what we represent. That's what we're all about. We have each other's backs.<\/p>\n "It was the toughest of anything we've ever had to face, and they had to endure that.<\/p>\n "Wearing the dress they were given to wear (in New Zealand without the Hancock logo), it was automatically in the public eye \u2013 why that happened we don't know.<\/p>\n "Whether Netball Australia decided or talked to Hancock \u2026 it wasn't on the players.<\/p>\n "It was thought they were protesting and then the narrative was run from there.<\/p>\n "Once the narrative takes hold and runs, it's very difficult to get the story out there."<\/p>\n Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich said Wallam's Firebirds teammates including ex-Diamond Gabi Simpson and pregnant star Gretel Bueta had been pillars of support for the indigenous star.<\/p>\n She added that all Diamonds players were galvanised by the controversy and were united behind Wallam.<\/p>\n "I don't think she's been as isolated as what is envisaged \u2026 there's actually been players with her working through and supporting her," she said post-match.<\/p>\n \ufeffThe Diamonds play England in the second match of their three-match series at 7.30pm (AEDT) Sunday in Sydney.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ex-Diamonds captain Sharni Norder has teed off at Netball Australia, claiming it failed in its duty to heroic rookie Donnell Wallam. 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