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As she looked back on Australia’s gold rush at the pool last night, Aussie great Ariarne Titmus had high praise for Jenna Forrester.

Now a Seven commentator at the Games, Titmus was super impressed with the way Forrester backed up from a tiring day of heats to shine under the bright lights of the finals.

“I think that her final session last night has to be one of the best backups I’ve ever seen,” Titmus said on Seven’s coverage.

“Bronze in the 400m freestyle, her first 400m at an international level.

“Then 20 minutes later in the 200m backstroke, she came from nowhere to win gold. She was over the moon. She has still got the 200m and the 400m medley to go.”

New Zealand’s depth and talent saw them post a 21-7 final term as they completed a 74-44 win over Scotland to open the netball competition.

Grace Nweke and Amelia Walmsley shot 28 goals each in the win while Scotland paid dearly for making just 75 per cent of their shots at goal compared to 89 per cent from NZ.

The Diamonds face Tonga in the next game which should start at around 8pm AEST.

Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich knows there’ll be no excuses if Australia fall short of Commonwealth Games gold.

Not that the netball world No.1 and defending Games champions are shying away from the pressure in Glasgow.

“It is about winning,” Marinkovich told AAP.

“We don’t have to state it. It’s part of our vision. It’s part of our expectation.

New Zealand has a 35-24 lead over Scotland at half-time in the opening match of the netball competition.

The Thistles are battling hard and trying to find their towering shooter Emma Barrie but NZ has had too much class so far and the home side have missed too many shots around the basket.

Still, Scotland are making a game of this and only lost the second term 16-13, which shows they are rising to the challenge.

Morning all. Here’s what should catch your eye this morning.

Before we get onto any of the Aussies, keep an eye on the Scottish swimmer in lane two of the third heat of the men’s 400m freestyle.

It’s a guy by the name of Sean McCann. Ring a bell? He’s the brother of Madeleine McCann.

New Zealand are taking on the host nation Scotland to open the netball competition and there is an enthusiastic home crowd in the house to cheer them on at the Hydro Arena.

Scotland are wearing their brilliant pink and purple change strip while NZ are also in their gray and black strip, it’s eerily similar to the cricket team’s one-day colours circa 1993 and I don’t mind it.

There aren’t any action pictures yet but I’m sure some will come through shortly.

NZ leads 10-8 in the first quarter but they don’t seem to be out of second gear yet.

Australia will play Tonga at around 8pm AEST.

G’day everyone. It’s Roy Ward here and I’ll be tapping the keys for the rest of the night and a few early hours of tomorrow morning as we continue our live coverage of the Commonwealth Games from Glasgow.

We have a huge night ahead including the Diamonds opening their netball competition plus swimming, gymnastics and much more.

Enjoy the coverage to come.

Good afternoon from a very soggy Glasgow.

After being treated to about a week of beautiful weather, the heavens have opened up, and it’s puffer jacket weather in the middle of summer. Oh, Scotland.

That unpredictable Scottish weather means it’s probably a good thing our bowls events are played indoors at this tournament, and the carpet is exactly where we find out first Australians in action.

It’s our women’s pair of Dawn Hayman and Kelsey Cottrell who are up first. They’ve had mixed results in Glasgow so far, with a confident 2-0 win against Zambia on day zero, before losing 2-0 to Gurnsey on day one.

This morning, they take on Caroline Whitehead and Paula Garrett from the Isle of Man.

Play due to start now.

England gymnast Gabriel Langton was conscious and speaking with doctors after being taken to hospital following a heavy fall during the men’s team gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games on Friday, team officials said.

The 19-year-old crashed headfirst to the floor after he came off the horizontal bar in the final rotation of the competition, prompting a lengthy halt as medical personnel rushed to his aid.

Langton received treatment on the competition floor for several minutes before being placed on a stretcher, fitted with head and neck support and taken from the arena to hospital for further assessment.

Langton was conscious, moving and speaking with doctors, team officials said.