The Queensland Firebirds are hopeful of entering netballs new era with the core of players who etched their names into trans-Tasman history in thrilling fashion on Sunday.The Firebirds became the only team to claim back-to-back titles by beating the NSW Swifts 69-67 in a double-overtime grand final nailbiter in the last - and surely greatest - match in the competitions nine-year history.It is Queenslands third crown, making them the most successful side in the trans-Tasman era ahead of next years launch of an eight-team all-Australian league.Firebirds coach Roselee Jencke believed the Firebirds could withstand an expected recruitment frenzy from cashed-up new franchises backed by AFL and NRL clubs and keep their dominance rolling.(The players) know how theyve built a really strong, tight-knit group. I think they do want to be able to keep pursuing success and excellence, Jencke said.There might be a few changes but we just need to see what happens in the off-season. We wont have long, it all starts pretty quickly.For now, the Firebirds are celebrating a second successive grand final thriller over the Swifts in what is emerging as one of Australian sports most compelling rivalries.They did it despite a bad case of the yips from their star shooter Romelda Aiken, who made just 63 of her 89 attempts on goal at an uncharacteristically low 70 per cent.Despite becoming the first player in the history of the trans-Tasman competition to surpass 5000 goals, Aiken was well below her season average accuracy of 87.5 per cent and was seemingly rattled by NSW enforcer Sharni Layton, who kept her in check.But the Jamaican finished brilliantly, draining the winning shot under the ring to elicit a huge roar from the sold-out crowd of 10,312 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre - the biggest attendance for a match in Queensland, and the third-biggest in trans-Tasman netball.Jencke said the magnitude of the occasion got to Aiken.Shes our spearhead and with that comes pressure, she said.We just needed to keep the positivity there. 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BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- The Jerry Sandusky appeals hearing might not be over just yet.While Tuesday morning marked the end of what was originally slated as a three-day hearing, Sanduskys attorneys said theyd still like to question some witnesses -- saying its not off the table to call to the stand the likes of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sara Ganim, whom the defense claimed also used leaked grand-jury information.I think there will be an order coming out, Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay said outside the Centre County Courthouse. And I dont want to speak to orders that arent out, but we have certain legal arguments to make that would deal with matters we think should come up in the court.The matters going to go on.Sandusky was convicted in the same courthouse in 2012 on 45 of 48 counts of child sex abuse. He is currently serving a 30- to 60-year sentence in Greene State Prison, where he has been largely segregated from the prisons general population out of concerns for his safety.He again remained silent Tuesday, smiling at points and mouthing words to his family and supporters in the front row. Sandusky testified only on the first day and proclaimed his innocence.On Tuesday, Sanduskys defense team again tried to focus on alleged grand jury leaks and the conflicting statements of the man who self-identified as Victim 2. Lindsay argued there were inconsistencies in all of the victims testimony, although he focused only on Victim 2 since that was included in his petition.Former state prosecutor Frank Fina, who was called to the stand Tuesday, disagreed.I dont think you can draw any comparisons between the consistencies in [Victim 2s] statements and those perhaps in [Victim 1s] statements, Fina testified. I dont see any parallel.Fina also disagreed with the notion that tthere was definitely a grand-jury leak to begin with.dddddddddddd While a leak from the prosecution would violate the law, information couldve also been gleaned by speaking to the grand-jury witnesses -- many of whom were allowed to share their testimony.Lindsay did not believe that was likely.Our argument is that if we can establish that there were leaks made by government agents, it could result in the dismissal of the case as opposed to a new trial, he said after the hearing.Tuesdays hearing lasted just about two hours and ended before noon. The tensest part of the day came when Lindsay questioned an agitated Joe McGettigan, the lead prosecutor in the 2012 Sandusky trial. Lindsay asked whether McGettigan wouldnt mind answering the questions.And if I do? McGettigan retorted.Judge John Cleland was forced to interject, saying, Wait, wait. Just take it easy here. You ask the questions; you answer the questions.McGettigan said after the hearing Tuesday that he believed Sanduskys attempt at a new trial or having his charges thrown out has no merit and will be unsuccessful. He was also asked for his response to the defense questioning the veracity of the eight witnesses who testified that Sandusky molested them.Well, I live in the real world, he said. A jury of 12 persons convicted him in a full and fair hearing. And I stand by the trial we tried.Sandusky previously lost direct appeals to the states Supreme and Superior courts. The Tuesday hearing falls under the states Post-Conviction Relief Act and is confined to newly discovered evidence, constitutional violations and ineffective lawyering.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '