2020 ANZ Premiership – Five talking points: Round 6
ROUND 6 of the ANZ Premiership brought plenty of excitement and close calls with the Pulse maintaining their winning record and Steel stunning the Magic in a hard fought battle to secure their second win of the season. The Tactix managed to leapfrog into third while the Stars slipped to fourth after a disappointing loss […]
2020 ANZ Premiership – Team of the Week: Round 6
ROUND 6 of the ANZ Premiership was always set to be a big one with the pointy end of the competition drawing ever closer and a tight mid-ladder logjam making every game from now on count. With some huge performances across the board and a couple of close finishes, just Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic […]
2020 ANZ Premiership: Round 6 – Player of the week
EACH week Draft Central will analyse player performances from across the round in the ANZ Premiership and determine a “Player of the Week” based on gameday performances. A player can be nominated as many times as deemed necessary given their individual performance across the round. Playing two high intensity games for the round, Mainland Tactix […]
ANZ Premiership – Round 6: Pulse survive close shave with tough Tactix
A HEARTBREAKINGLY close loss opened up proceedings on a big evening of ANZ Premiership netball action on Sunday, with the Central Pulse staying true to form once more with a sixth straight win and unbeaten record intact, defeating the Mainland Tactix by just one goal after Te Paea Selby-Rickit’s goal to level was denied. While […]
ANZ Premiership – Round 6: Dominant Pulse leave Mystics empty handed
THE hotly anticipated top of the table clash turned into a nightmare for the Northern Mystics, after a troublesome first half left them to chase the title favourites, Central Pulse for the remainder of the game. Off the back of a tough game against the Stars, fatigue seems to play a role for the Northern […]
2020 ANZ Premiership – Head to Head: Round 6
IN each round of the ANZ Premiership we will identify one key match-up, provide an in-depth analysis of both players and compare the two styles. The next battle sees a couple of Silver Ferns teammates match up against each other in a battle of first verse fourth. CENTRAL PULSE v. MAINLAND TACTIX Ameliaranne Ekenasio (GA) […]
2020 ANZ Premiership preview: Round 6
PASSING the midpoint of the season, expect Round 6 of the ANZ Premiership to deliver plenty of excitement and close games once again. The Central Pulse sit pretty atop of the ladder with six wins straight while the Northern Mystics, Northern Stars and Mainland Tactix continue to battle it out for a position in the […]
2020 ANZ Premiership stats wrap: Round 5
WITH four of the six ANZ Premiership teams playing twice this round, there were some quality matchups and even more impressive compiled stats with teams putting on a show and mostly tight matches to close out Round 5. A couple of the same repeat performers are back in the stats this week, and while the […]
2020 ANZ Premiership – Five talking points: Round 5
HITTING the midway point of the competition, the league could not get any tighter with four of the five games in Round 5 of the ANZ Premiership decided by less than three goals. It was a fantastic display of netball across the weekend with each team pulling out all the stops in hope to claim […]
2020 ANZ Premiership – Team of the Week: Round 5
IT was a blockbuster round of ANZ Premiership action with only one of the five games decided by more than five goals showcasing the closeness of the competition. With impressive performances across the round no side dominated this round’s Team of the Week with at least one player from each team featured in the squad. […]
