Bridget Tunnicliffe

The Pulse chose the perfect time to put a full 60 minute performance together when they blitzed the Stars in the ANZ Premiership final last night.

Minor premiership winners the Pulse know they will need to be on song this afternoon with the Stars on a seven game winning streak and brimming with confidence.

Northern Mystics' shooter Grace Nweke has been cleared to play in tonight's elimination final against cross town rivals the Stars in Auckland.

Stars' coach Kiri Wills says her side wants the challenge of beating the Northern Mystics with their star shooter Grace Nweke on court, when they host Wednesday's elimination final.

Former Silver Ferns' coach Ruth Aitken mentored some of the greatest players New Zealand netball has ever known, and now she's a Dame.

Netball playing nations in the Pacific are looking forward to finally getting international Tests again after Covid forced them into a hiatus more than two years ago.

The Northern Mystics have got players on standby from three different zones for their crunch ANZ Premiership game against the Pulse in Auckland on Friday.

Sports call - that old adage that defence wins championships doesn't quite apply in netball, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Mystics' coach Helene Wilson could not have spoken more prophetic words in the lead up to this year's ANZ Premiership season.

Ten years ago Australian shooter Karyn Bailey went through the motions of shooting a goal like she had done thousands of times over her netball career. Audio

The Stars are hitting momentum at the right time of the ANZ Premiership season after back to back wins over the weekend.

Silver Ferns' selector Leigh Gibbs has been fine tuning her selection radar as far back as the mid 1990s.

Analysis - The Silver Ferns' team for this year's Commonwealth Games is shaping up as one of the hardest to predict ever and could mark a new era for the national side, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

When Jess Maclennan hobbled off the court with her third serious injury in 2018, she thought her elite netball career was over.

'Here if you need' - it's a reassuring phrase that all netballers know well; four simple words that mean your team-mate has got your back on court.

The Stars are keen to get their ANZ Premiership season back on track this weekend after having four of their fixtures postponed as a result of Covid-19.

Most elite coaches won't go anywhere without a notepad, but Northern Mystics' assistant coach Rob Wright doesn't need one.

We're a quarter of the way through the ANZ Premiership, but how much can we read into the results so far after a Covid-disrupted start? Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe analyses the first few…

Silver Ferns' assistant coach Deb Fuller says January's Quad Series highlighted the gap between the ANZ Premiership and what's needed at the international level.

Stars' coach Kiri Wills will approach retired Silver Ferns to get her side through the ANZ Premiership if Omicron wreaks havoc on the domestic league.

In her final year of high school, White Fern Jess Kerr was given a lifeline to a second sporting life that she never saw coming.

They say an elite sporting career is a short one - Northern Mystics netballer Michaela Sokolich-Beatson knows that only too well.

New Pulse signing Kristiana Manu'a believes she played some of her best netball when she got her first break in New Zealand seven years ago.

Wellington Blaze bowler Xara Jetly has a bigger fan base in India than she does in New Zealand but that's starting to change as she makes waves on the domestic scene.

Twenty seven test caps is all the Silver Ferns' shooters have between them heading into the Quad Series but coach Dame Noeline Taurua has a lot of confidence in the quartet.