
Netball: Pulse jaunt to easy win
For all their good work, the Central Pulse still look destined to miss this season's ANZ Championship playoffs.
For all their good work, the Central Pulse still look destined to miss this season's ANZ Championship playoffs.
At least three top Magic netballers are poised to follow departing coach Noeline Taurua out the door.
The cupboard is officially bare in the Northern Mystics' defensive department, with Australian import Julie Corletto - the last remaining defender from their original squad - scratched for the remainder of the season.
The Magic have rather gingerly moved into the box seat to secure a place in the transtasman league play-offs.
The Queensland Firebirds kept their transtasman netball top-two hopes alive yesterday, bouncing back from successive losses to score a big win.
The Central Pulse have set up an intriguing three-way battle among the New Zealand teams.
The Adelaide Thunderbirds edged past the NSW Swifts by three goals in a thrilling netball championship clash in Sydney yesterday.
The Magic have survived another tense battle as they continue to walk the tight-rope towards the transtasman league finals.
The Southern Steel may have been dismissed as a one-woman band, their style of play boring and predictable, but Magic defender Casey Kopua can't wait to get another crack at them.
During a lifetime in netball, Lois Muir has seen a lot of administrators come and go.
Netball New Zealand head Raelene Castle is the new chief executive of the Bulldogs rugby league outfit, becoming the first female boss of a NRL club.
The Tactix slim ANZ Championship playoff hopes were all but dashed after suffering a 62-58 defeat.
This week it was the Central Pulse's turn to play catch up.
Returning Mystics coach Debbie Fuller said her former teammate Noeline Taurua will be on her "hit list" at the end of the season as she looks to unravel the secret to consistent success in transtasman league.
The idea of having an Aussie help out the Silver Ferns in their quest for world championship glory was never going to sit comfortably with everyone.