Photo: PHOTOSPORT The team has a new coach, four new players and will be without their star goal attack, Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio for the foreseable future as she takes time away from the game due to exhaustion. Ekenasio missed last month's pre-season tournament and had not been training with the Pulse ahead of the season opener. Pulse CEO Fran Scholey said the past 18 months had taken a toll on Ekenasio. After a distrupted 2020 premiership season predominantly based out of Auckland, Pulse captain Claire Kersten has learned not to look too far ahead. "While we look like we've got a really normal season at this stage, that's not necessairly guarunteed 17 weeks is a long time," Kersten said.