2023 ANZ Premiership | Round 7 preview: Big weekend of big connotations
ANOTHER weekend means another round of netball to enjoy in the ANZ Premiership. This weekend also sees the start of the second half of the season, so expect the ladder to tighten and the on court action to get even more fierce in the race to the finals. This weekend, it is the turn of […]
Mystics deliver the weekend’s sole tight finish
AS the ANZ Premiership season reached its halfway point over the weekend, all the results seemed to follow a pattern. Well, almost all of them. In one tight result of the weekend, it was the Mystics who pinched a win over the Magic at the absolute death. After the Magic dominated early, the Mystics worked […]
2023 ANZ Premiership Team of the Week – Round 5
IT is Wednesday, which does mean it is time once again for another ANZ Premiership Team of the Week. After another weekend full of excellent performances, who stood out enough to make this week’s team? GS: Grace Nweke (Mystics) It was a big week for Nweke and her Mystics, with the star shooter delivering more […]
2023 ANZ Premiership schedule released
THE 2023 ANZ Premiership schedule has been confirmed in an announcement from the league yesterday. The condensed 12-round season will run from March 4 until May 22, before the finals take place to decide the champion. With the 2023 Netball World Cup in South Africa taking place in July, the earlier schedule allows for a […]
Silver Ferns announce 2022-23 squads
FRESH off a Bronze Medal campaign at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, New Zealand has named its 2022-23 Silver Ferns Squad and Development Squad looking ahead to next year’s World Cup. The Silver Ferns have brought back a number of experienced players who missed out on Commonwealth Games representation, while a shooter from that Commonwealth Games […]
Favourites flex their muscles in Group B openers
THE opening pair of Group B games did not throw up many surprises, as England and New Zealand flexed their muscles and recorded easy first up wins against Trinidad and Tobago and Northern Ireland respectively. ENGLAND 15 | 22 | 20 | 17 (74)TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 (22) Everything is […]
Waikato Bay’s Magic finish to ANZ Premiership season
THOUGH it might not have been a memorable season for the last placed Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, there was plenty to take away from a strong finish, as the Magic easily took case of fourth placed Southern Steel by 11 goals. The Magic won the first three quarters to set up the win, then […]
Stars shine early to down Magic
CLAIMING an important victory over the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, the Northern Stars kept their hopes of an automatic grand final chance alive with a win in the postponed Round 5 ANZ Premiership clash. The Stars drew level with the Central Pulse and Northern Mystics on 31 points, sitting just percentage behind the pair […]
Magic dominate extra time to secure win
IN the second extra time game of the day, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic secured a six-goal win over Mainland Tactix in what was effectively a dead rubber ANZ Premiership match. Both sides will round out the bottom two spots on the 2022 ladder this season, but the Magic picked up good win to continue […]
ANZ Premiership Round 12 preview: Will Steel or Stars shine brighter?
THREE games take place over the final weekend of action as part of Round 12, with only four rescheduled matches remaining after the weekend. There is plenty at stake for three of the teams in action, with the Northern Stars and Southern Steel both battling it out for a finals spot, as the Stars and […]
