Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

ANZ Premiership Netball: Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic dominated by Mainland Tactix

By Merryn Anderson
Rotorua Daily Post·
21 Jun, 2021 07:12 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Magic goal keep Erena Mikaere was a standout against the Tactix. Photo / Photosport

Magic goal keep Erena Mikaere was a standout against the Tactix. Photo / Photosport

An utterly dominant performance from the Mainland Tactix saw them record their highest ANZ Premiership score against the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in round 10 of the competition.

The 68-51 win was also the Tactix' biggest winning margin in their 14-year history, largely thanks to their commanding 22-11 first quarter in Nelson on Monday evening.

It was always going to be a tough battle for the Magic, who were without Temalisi Fakahokotau and Grace Kara, two players who have been influential for their team this season.

The impact of these players was sorely missed early when the Magic struggled to feed their shooters and the Tactix consistently found Ellie Bird under the goal, the 1.96m shooter showing no signs of the head knock that kept her out of the competition last week.

Everything was going right for the Tactix, as they stretched their lead to 13 at halftime, Karin Burger proving to Silver Ferns selectors why she should be their first choice goal defence, disrupting the Magic attack and getting her hands to plenty of ball on defence.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The Magic managed a small but valiant fightback in the third quarter, winning the stanza 16-14 and narrowing the margin slightly but, despite a number of impressive individual performances, the team never looked like disrupting the Mainland side's winning ways.

Erena Mikaere was a standout for the Magic, playing one of her best games of the season, finishing her 60 minutes with six gains, five deflections and five clean pickups.

Vice-captain Mikaere was honest when admitting she couldn't pinpoint the reason for a poor first quarter.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"We had a really good preparation and we've been doing well at training so it's really uncharacteristic," she said.

Another blow was dealt to the Magic in the final quarter when Australian goal shoot Caitlin Bassett landed awkwardly and limped off after shooting 32/33 - her only miss coming from a mid-range attempt in the first quarter.

The Magic are still searching for their second win of the season and have six days to recover before their meeting against the Southern Steel on Monday.

The ANZ Premiership ladder is heating up, with the Stars at the top on 25 points, only one point ahead of the Northern Mystics.

Discover more

Te Teko volunteer goes above and beyond

20 Jun 08:50 PM

Netball: Magic's search for second win continues

14 Jun 11:33 PM
Sport

'Fiercely loyal' former Silver Fern Tilly Hirst mourned

08 Jun 06:00 PM

Magic start strong but fall to loss against Mystics

24 May 07:37 PM

The Tactix and the Steel take third and fourth respectively, with only a 0.9 per cent goal difference separating the two teams who both sit on 18 points.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Sport

Rotorua Daily Post

Five Steamers players making waves in the Māori All Blacks

03 Jul 10:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post

'It’s a big deal': Young gamers chase international esports glory

30 Jun 06:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post

'Biggest summer of cricket' shapes up for Bay Oval

25 Jun 07:00 PM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Sport

Five Steamers players making waves in the Māori All Blacks

Five Steamers players making waves in the Māori All Blacks

03 Jul 10:00 PM

The Māori All Blacks face Scotland in Whangārei on Saturday.

'It’s a big deal': Young gamers chase international esports glory

'It’s a big deal': Young gamers chase international esports glory

30 Jun 06:00 PM
'Biggest summer of cricket' shapes up for Bay Oval

'Biggest summer of cricket' shapes up for Bay Oval

25 Jun 07:00 PM
Small but mighty: Kyro gets set for Tai Mitchell challenge

Small but mighty: Kyro gets set for Tai Mitchell challenge

24 Jun 09:26 PM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP