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“It gives us the option to be able to put anyone out there. We've got a good mix of experience and youth, and hopefully we can bring those youthful players through to play a good season, which will hopefully put them on the path to national honours.” For Southern Steel captain Shannon Saunders, it was her young team’s potential to grow over the course of the season. “We have such a good vibe off the court and we have so much fun, so I'm really looking forward to seeing that translate onto the court,” she said. For Mainland Tactix captain Jane Watson it was the fact that her side...

PACNEWS Kelera Nawai. Picture: RNZ AUCKLAND, 09 MARCH 2021 (RNZ PACIFIC) – Fijian defender Kelera Nawai is being tipped as one to watch after joining the champion Central Pulse for this year’s ANZ Premiership netball league. The 23-year-old first came to New Zealand on a scholarship to St Andrews College seven years ago and was selected for the Fiji Pearls while still at school. Nawai was a training partner with the Mainland Tactix in 2017 and played for the regional development team before visa issues forced her to return to Fiji. The Fiji Peals international married in 2018 and had a ...

Fijian defender Kelera Nawai is being tipped as one to watch after joining the champion Central Pulse for this year's ANZ Premiership netball league. The 23-year-old first came to New Zealand on a scholarship to St Andrews College seven years ago and was selected for the Fiji Pearls while still at school. Fiji Pearls defender Kelera Nawai will play for the Pulse in 2021. Photo: Supplied/PhotoWellington Nawai was a training partner with the Mainland Tactix in 2017 and played for the regional development team before visa issues forced her to return to Fiji. The Fiji Peals international married...

Phil Walter/Getty Images New Zealand's Karin Burger attempts to be first to the ball against England's George Fisher in October’s Taini Jamison Trophy series. Of those 10 starts, just four have come at goal defence – a position Taurua has indicated she will see significant court-time in against Australia. Burger did start three games at goal defence in the last Constellation Cup held in 2019, playing the full match each time, experiences she would draw on. Comfortable sliding between wing defence and goal defence, the 27-year-old is content in either role, as long as she’s on court. ...

Sky Sport commentator Fauono Ken Laban said it wasn't good enough. "I find it offensive from a Pasifika point of view and from a professional broadcaster's point of view I find it completely unprofessional and unacceptable that commentators won't take the trouble to learn to pronounce the names correctly." The former Wainuiomata rugby league captain said sports like rugby and netball used to be dominated by pālagi players in New Zealand but are now overwhelmingly Māori and Pasifika. "As an example, I think it was 28 of the 37 players that wore the All Blacks jersey in 2020 were Māori and P...