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Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio concedes her second pregnancy contributed to her mental health break from netball this year Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio concedes her second pregnancy contributed to her mental health break from netball this year 7 May 2021 Having already missed the opening three weeks of the ANZ Premiership, she'll now sit out the rest of 2021. She says it demanded a lot of energy but isn't the only reason she took a break.

The Southern Steel have delivered a well-crafted 56-52 national netball premiership win over the Central Pulse in Invercargill on Sunday.

The Southern Steel let a nine-goal lead slip in the third quarter in Invercargill, but they found their footing in the fourth to secure a big win.

Netball: Central Pulse slump as Northern Stars continue unbeaten start 2 May, 2021 08:00 AM 2 minutes to read Cheree Kinnear runs down the results of a massive weekend of sport. NZ Herald The Central Pulse's struggles to start the ANZ Premiership netball season have continued, with a surprise 56-52 defeat to the Southern Steel in Invercargill this afternoon. The defending champions have now lost two of their three games, with the absence of skipper Ameliaranne Ekenasio being exacerbated by the loss of Silver Ferns midcourter Maddy Gordon, who departed after a quarter of their clash with the S...

Kelly Jury of the Pulse. Photo: PHOTOSPORT There has been a bit of chat about the physicality seen in the first two rounds of the season, while the Pulse and Magic finished their clash with a hefty 70 penalties apiece last weekend . Pulse coach Gail Parata said it was something they continued to work on but she wasn't overly concerned. "After the matches, we get feedback from the umpires so we work out whether we need to adjust things or tidy up and so we go away from those sessions and work on those in our training," Parata said. Parata said higher penalties were sometimes a by-product of p...