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‘I’d be shattered’: Record-breaking coach fears having to leave NZ

Record-breaking netball coach issues a stark warning over the survival of NZ's domestic game

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Fairytale may not be over yet for Fitzpatrick

Departing Mystics captain Sulu Fitzpatrick ended her ANZ Premiership career on the highest note, but the fairytale may not end there - on the cusp of her first World Cup side for the Silver Ferns.

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The clash of the wingwomen

The ANZ Premiership grand final will be a showdown of netball’s great wing-women – Mystics’ Michaela Sokolich-Beatson vs Stars’ Gina Crampton. Suzanne McFadden speaks to both athletes, on a common mission.

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Report card for netball's top league

After a closely-fought ANZ Premiership regular season, three teams remain to contest the trophy. Merryn Anderson takes a look at how they got there, who missed out - and why.

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A Silver Ferns squad to win the Netball World Cup

With the clock for the 2023 Netball World Cup counting down, Merryn Anderson picks a likely Silver Ferns squad for the pinnacle event

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Rhapsody in blue - Sulu hits 150

Every milestone match in Sulu Fitzpatrick's nomadic career has been with the Mystics. Back from injury, she's fixed on giving all she’s got towards another national title and a final act with the Silver Ferns at the World Cup.

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Te Ao has netball world at her fingertips

Growing up in Perth, Katie Te Ao always dreamed of playing netball in NZ. But she never expected the teen rival who lured her home would eventually become her Mystics midcourt team-mate, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

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Ins and outs of netball's No.1 league

With the 2023 ANZ Premiership just a fortnight away, Merryn Anderson looks at the intriguing off-season movements within the six netball sides, and what lies ahead.

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Five things we've learned from the Con Cup

Halfway through netball's annual highlight, the Constellation Cup, the Silver Ferns are in the hot seat. Merryn Anderson looks at the intel we've gleaned so far.

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Jury's out to silence Aussie crowd

It's been a while since the Silver Ferns last played arch-rivals, Australia's Diamonds, and this year's star defender, Kelly Jury, has some unfinished business in the Constellation Cup.

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Fitzpatrick sisters help lift each other to dais

After a lifetime standing by each other, sisters Sulu and Theresa Fitzpatrick are helping each other through the hard times and the good at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

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Where are they now? Magic champions of 2012

Exactly 10 years ago, the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic made history lifting the ANZ Championship trophy, and their legacy lives on to this day, Merryn Anderson discovers.

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Pure As: Sulu Fitzpatrick

WATCH: Silver Fern defender Sulu Fitzpatrick opens up on her silent struggle with food, alcohol, money and teen motherhood in a new series of Pure As.

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Mystics coach leaving for the sake of women's sport

The Mystics’ loss will be the big gain of women’s coaches across all sports, as successful head coach Helene Wilson leaves the netball champions to work in high performance sport.

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The ton Toeava thought she'd never reach

One of the most ingenious players in netball, Peta Toeava was almost lost to the game. But supported by her Mystics whānau, she's about to notch up 100 appearances in the blue dress

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Netballers, pass it on: Beware of Covid brain fog

The country's top netballers have been hit hard by Covid, and their return to play is being carefully managed. But the aftereffects emerging are both physical and mental.

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Stythe standing on the shoulders of Mystics giants

Carys Stythe never expected to play a role in the Mystics' defence of their national league title this season, but she's lapping up the chance to learn from the best defenders in netball.

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On the very short runway to Birmingham

With just 99 days till the Commonwealth Games, the global pandemic has left many Kiwi athletes with a short runway back into international competition.

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Sulu's Covid battle goes straight to the heart

Silver Fern Sulu Fitzpatrick opens up about the coronavirus infection that's affected her physically, mentally, emotionally and financially, and stalled her return to lead the champion

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