The Wellington-based Central Pulse will host the defending champions, the Adelaide Thunderbirds, in the opening round of next year's trans-Tasman netball competition.
The competition draw has been released with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and the Canterbury based Tactix beginning the competition in Christchurch, on March 1st.
The Southern Steel will host the Queensland Firebirds while the Auckland based Northern Mystics will play the Vixens in Melbourne.
The other match features the two Australian sides, the Sydney Swifts and the West Coast Fever.
