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Caitlin Bassett Photo: PHOTOSPORT There was a lot of anticipation around the debut of Australian Diamonds' import Caitlin Bassett for the Magic. In-form Silver Ferns' goal keep Sulu Fitzpatrick completely starved the shooter of any space under the post in the first quarter. It took about six minutes before Bassett put up a shot and worry started creeping over the brow of Magic coach Amigene Metcalfe as her star signing struggled. But Bassett started to slowly break away from the shackles of Fitzpatrick and started getting her volume up. The Magic had struggled for the past two seasons with m...

Fourth place finishers in 2020, the Stars were aggressive in off-season recruitment and laid down an early marker to their premiership rivals, knocking over the competition benchmark. Their prized off-season signing, Silver Ferns wing attack Gina Crampton, made an immediate impact after joining the south Auckland side after nine years with the Steel. Former Ferns defender Anna Harrison, who stepped out of retirement, was busy in her Stars debut, causing trouble for the Pulse attackers and picking up regular defensive ball. William Booth/Photosport Stars' goal attack Jamie Hume tries to gra...

Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Silver Ferns wing attack Gina Crampton is one of several players to have switched teams ahead of the new ANZ Premiership season. There will be some familiar faces in unfamiliar dresses this Sunday and Monday as the 2021 ANZ Premiership season begins. Kate Burley with the Northern Mystics for starters, and Fa’amu Ioane. Gina Crampton with the Northern Stars, and Monica Falkner, and, out of retirement, Anna Harrison. Temalisi Fakahokotau with the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic, and, back from the Stars, Grace Kara. Whitney Souness, also back from the Stars, with t...

Sport by Kara Sonter Premium Content Subscriber only It will be a clash like never before at Morayfield Sports and Events Centre this weekend as Netball Queensland's Hart Sapphire Series returns to the court - and the action will be broadcast to thousands. A new partnership between Netball Queensland and News Corp means this weekend's blockbuster game - and a stand-out game every week of the star-studded competition - will be live streamed to viewers across the country. This week's highlight, to be brought live to News Corp subscribers for the first tim...

JOHN DAVIDSON/Photosport Australian Diamonds star Caitlin Bassett has joined the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic for the 2021 ANZ Premiership season. At the end of the Constellation Cup in March, once the Silver Ferns loosened the Australian Diamonds’ tight grip on the trophy after nine years of trying, most of their opponents packed their bags and headed back across the Tasman. But the longest-serving Diamond, Caitlin Bassett, who captained her side in the opening match of the series, went a different way, to Mount Maunganui, where she is living while she plays for the Waikato-Bay of Plenty M...