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Kate Heffernan is poised to debut for the Silver Ferns in Birmingham with a 12-strong team announced for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Welcome to a new era of the Silver Ferns, where an athlete can be named the player of the year one year and be left out the next.

Over the next four days 27 players will trial for a spot in the Silver Ferns' Commonwealth Games team and the gate is wide open for change, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Twenty seven players have been selected for the Silver Ferns trial ahead of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Sports call - that old adage that defence wins championships doesn't quite apply in netball, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

New Zealand winger Portia Woodman's thriving in her new role as an impact player

Phoenix Karaka is planning on getting in the face of her former teammate Bailey Mes when the Mystics host the Magic in netball's ANZ Premiership tonight

The Pulse have continued their dominance over the Magic with an emphatic 52-39 win in their ANZ Premiership netball game in Rotorua.

In today's sports news - Alker wins on Champions Tour, Pulse grab last second win, Spurs net five against Toons and Chiefs hold off Hurricanes.

We're a quarter of the way through the ANZ Premiership but how much can we read into the results so far after a Covid disrupted start? Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe analyses the first few rounds.