Netball

The New Zealand Under-21 team to contest next year's Netball World Youth Cup won't be named for some time but rival teams will already be feeling a dose of trepidation.

There's an assortment of impressive wing attacks in the ANZ Premiership who will put pressure on the Silver Ferns' incumbents.

The Central Pulse are now the only unbeaten team in the ANZ Netball Premiership after beating the Northern Mystics 42-35 in their top of the table clash.

The Southern Steel have clung on to win a see-saw match 49-47 in their national netball premiership clash with the Northern Stars in Auckland today.

The Northern Mystics have won their fourth consecutive national netball premiership match with a hard-earned 46-42 win over the Southern Steel in Auckland.

Some fine circle defenders will miss out on higher honours when the next Silver Ferns' squad is picked.

A controlled third quarter from the Tactix has underpinned an impressive 43-36 win over the Southern Steel as the national netball premiership resumes in Auckland.

The Northern Mystics celebrated the return of the ANZ Premiership with a 47-40 win over Magic, in the process clinching their second win of the league 96 days after their first.

Jenna O'Sullivan is working in her dream job for the livestock genetics company CRV Ambreed.

The tight turnarounds and back-to-back game days of the revised ANZ Premiership schedule will test the depth of New Zealand's netball talent.

Silver Ferns shooter Bailey Mes won't play any further part in this year's ANZ netball Premiership.

Netball New Zealand's early call to cancel all regional and national secondary school tournaments this year could be a boon for basketball, according to a former Silver Fern and New Zealand coach.

The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic have opened their ANZ Premiership netball season with a 54-48 victory over the Southern Steel in Dunedin.