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 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 | Round 3 preview: Still so much left to answer
AS fast as Kimiora Poi speeding through midcourt, the 2023 ANZ Premiership season might be quicker, as it is already one quarter of the way through the year. After an entertaining first fortnight of the season, the picture of where teams are sitting is starting to take shape. Following a weekend with one extra game […]
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 […]
True smorgasbord to kick off the season
THE OPENING weekend of the ANZ Premiership season truly had it all. Big wins, small wins and wins that prove the 2022 pecking order means nothing this year. In the clash of last year’s runners up versus last year’s wooden spooners, it was the Tactix who got the upset win, downing the Stars by six […]
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 […]
Confident Diamonds breathe life into Cup series
THE Aussie Diamonds have breathed some life into the 2022 Constellation Cup series, downing the New Zealand Silver Ferns by 15 goals. A confident Diamonds side did not have things all their own way, but they weathered everything the Kiwis threw at them and ensured that the final game of the series would not be […]
PREVIEW: 2022 Constellation Cup
THE 2022 Constellation Cup kicks off tomorrow night, with Australia and New Zealand once again set to do battle. The 2022 Series will be the 12th time the two countries have battled for the Cup. Australia has won the series seven times and the Kiwis have won it twice (the 2015 and 2019 series were […]
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 […]
