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Andrew Voerman05:00, May 05 2021 Andrew Cornaga/Photosport Te Paea Selby-Rickit returned to action for the Mainland Tactix against the Northern Mystics. They have plenty of work to do yet, but there was a glimpse of the Mainland Tactix everyone expected to see this season as they lost to the Northern Mystics on Monday night. With goal attack Te Paea Selby-Rickit returning to the court for the first time this season at the start of the second quarter, having recovered from an ankle injury, coac...

Silver Ferns great Margaret Forsyth dies Newshub 4/05/2021 Replay Video Silver Ferns great and Hamilton City councillor Magaret Forsyth has died, aged 59. Forsyth passed away after a brief battle with cancer. She had been on sick leave since April 11, serving her third term in the council, after being re-elected in 2019 as chairman of the environmental committee. © Image - Getty; Video - Newshub Forsyth was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2020. Making her debut a...

Stuff Sports Gina Crampton is the incumbent Silver Ferns wing attack. KAI SCHWOERER/GETTY IMAGES Gina Crampton traded one team for another this year, which means she’s busy making new connections. The Silver Ferns wing attack made her 100th appearance in domestic netball last weekend, as the Stars beat the Mainland Tactix to make it two wins from two this ANZ Premiership season. But it was just her second for the Auckland franchise, following 98 for the Southern Steel, and she’s still gett...

The Southern Steel have edged the Central Pulse 56-52 in their ANZ netball Premiership match in Invercargill The Southern Steel have edged the Central Pulse 56-52 in their ANZ netball Premiership match in Invercargill 2 May 2021 The Steel broke out of the gates strong opening up as much as a nine goal lead. Shooter George Fisher led the way making 48 of 52 shots. The Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic and Northern Stars get underway in 10 minutes from Tauranga.

The Magic were without wing attack Grace Kara, absent injured, and began the game with regular goal defence Erena Mikaere on the bench. But when they were trailing by five at the end of the first quarter, coach Amigene Metcalfe decided to shake things up, bringing Mikaere in and moving starting goal defence Georgia Tong forward to wing defence. That meant starting wing defence Georgie Edgecombe moved to centre and that centre Sam Sinclair moved to wing attack, where she fared better than sta...

Monday, 3 May 2021, 6:03 am Image copyright Michael Bradley Photography Pushed hard, the Robinhood Stars retained their unbeaten start to the season after completing a hard-fought 55-51 win over Splice Construction Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in Tauranga on Sunday. After being in control for three-quarters of the match, the Stars faced a testing final 15 minutes before making it three-from-three in the face of a resurgent Magic who threatened to spoil the visitors perfect record. As the tensi...

Giants Netball season preview A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Last season the Giants came sixth.  The biggest change to the Giants’ roster from 2020 is the loss of former Aussie Diamonds captain Caitlin Bassett. On paper that is a massive change. However, in 2020 Bassett struggled to receive court time and even resorted to reading books on the sideline. It was implied (or assumed) this was a result of ...

Adelaide Thunderbirds season preview A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The Thunderbirds finished last year in seventh. The biggest surprise to come out of the Thunderbirds camp in the offseason was that co-captain and former Aussie Diamond and English Rose Chelsea Pitman was not offered a new contract. Another key loss for the Thunderbirds is the return of the doctor Layla Guscoth to England to re-join Team...

It’s not that the Tactix have lost both their matches so far this ANZ Premiership season. It’s that they’ve lost them with their opponents running away down the stretch. They were down by just six at halftime against the Steel in round one, before losing by 18, then were only down by three at halftime against the Stars on Sunday, before losing by 14. With no easy games on the schedule this season, turning in a 60-minute performance has to be the first thing on the pre-season favourites�...

2021 Super Netball preview A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The new season of Super Netball is less than a week away and it is shaping up as the closest one yet, with a number of teams clearly in the mix. I will try and break it down for you, looking at the key storylines, the teams and most importantly where they will rank at the end of the season. Back to normal home-and-away COVID played havoc with an a...