Compares final five members of football and netball teams (5)
I believe the answer is:
evens
'compares' is the definition.
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
(Other definitions for evens that I've seen before include "less likely than 27 [ODDS-ON]" , "Odds offering equal chance of win or lose" , "Exchange, substitute" , "Level betting" , "Presses" .)