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Sterling suffers injury scare ahead of Super Netball GF

Shamera Sterling (l) hopes to overcome an ankle injury and face NSW in Super Netball's grand final. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Adelaide Thunderbirds star Shamera Sterling has been cleared of serious injury following a training fall, with the defender set to suit up for Saturday's Super Netball grand final against the NSW Swifts.

The Jamaican goal keeping ace had to be helped from the court during Tuesday's session by her teammates but relieved Adelaide coach Tania Obst was confident she wouldn't be sidelined by the ankle injury.

"I've just been reassured that it was a bit of a stinger, I suppose, but all good," Obst said of Sterling.

"The physios are comfortable with what happened so she's got a day off tomorrow and we expect her to be back at training on Thursday."

The loss of Sterling would have been a hammer blow for the Thunderbirds, with the 27-year-old leading the league for intercepts and deflections.

With the decider sold to the highest bidder, the teams will square off at Melbourne's John Cain Arena on Saturday night with Adelaide hunting their first title in a decade while NSW are looking to clinch their third title in five years.

It's the third straight meeting between the teams, with the Thunderbirds winning their round 14 encounter 60-57 and then knocking over the minor premiers in the semi-final 64-62.

The Swifts then downed West Coast Fever to book their grand final berth.

Obst described her team as "very good learners" who could take something out of each clash.

"We generally play better the more we play against a team," she said.

"We're familiar with how they play and we've also got some things we want to tweak as well ... some things that we want to tighten up from the semi-final and a few other things that we watched them do against the Fever and we will be ready for that as well."

She expected nerves amongst her players given the club's long absence from the grand final arena, with the Thunderbirds last winning the domestic title in 2013 with a victory over Queensland.

With no players remaining from that line-up, Obst said the team had a strong belief in their capabilities.

"We know that our best is good enough," she said.

"We'll fight until the death, whatever that looks like for us.

"We've shown that we're able to stick together in games and when the girls look at each other in the eye they know that they've got that trust."

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