2023 ANZ Premiership Team of the Week – Round 4
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) After a slight drop in form Nweke was back to her shooting best on the weekend […]
Tight results the flavour of the weekend in NZ
THERE was one overarching theme of all the results in the ANZ Premiership over the weekend – well almost – and that was small margins. In a thrilling upset, the Tactix showed they are a team to beat this season after they downed the Central Pulse 50 goals to 49. It did not take long […]
2023 ANZ Premiership Team of the Week – Round 3
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 – Maia Wilson (Stars) Another great game in front of the ring from the Stars’ goal shooter has seen […]
Shocks and revenge tasting very sweet in ANZ
ROUND 3 of the 2023 ANZ Premiership season saw it all. Upsets, Grand Final revenge, the whole lot. In the game of the round, the WBOP Magic have caused an absolute upset, defeating the Northern Mystics 57 goals to 56. The visitors dominated for much of the match, but the Magic never gave up and […]
2023 ANZ Premiership Team of the Week – Round 2
IT is time once again for the ANZ Premiership Team of the Week, with plenty of star performances from across the league. It was the shooting end that was the hardest battle this week, with plenty of goal shooters worthy of a spot in the team but not enough spots available for everyone to get […]
Pecking order starts to settle across the ditch
ROUND TWO of the ANZ Premiership saw the pecking order start to settle a little bit, as the picture of how the season will pan out became that little bit clearer. In the game of the round, the Northern Mystics have gone two from two in 2023 after they downed fellow round one winners the […]
2023 Quad Series preview: New Zealand
THE 2023 Netball Quad Series is set to get underway this weekend, with Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa all set to battle it out in Cape Town, South Africa for the title. In the build up, Rookie Me Central will be taking a look at each of the teams competing at the tournament […]
Kiwi Constellation Cup retention closer to reality
NEW Zealand has taken a giant step towards winning the 2022 Constellation Cup, after defeating the Aussie Diamonds by four goals in the second of the four tests in the series. It was an even battle early, but the Silver Ferns bided their time to break away in the third term and ultimately take the […]
Silver Ferns sizzling start downs Diamonds
A STUNNING finish to the first quarter resulted in the Silver Ferns going one-up over the Diamonds in the opening match of the Constellation Cup, winning by eight goals in Auckland. After trailing by two goals six and a half minutes into the opening term, the Silver Ferns piled on 14 of the last 15 […]
Silver Ferns show no mercy in 40-goal rout
IN an even more commanding win than their 25-goal game one victory, New Zealand never looked like losing against an understrength Jamaican side in game two, to claim the Taini Jamison Trophy. The Silver Ferns dominated from the get-go, and aside from a comparatively close second term where the sides were separated by five goals, […]
