Myer points out that when she was at Outkast last season she took the goal attack position off Maddie in the final.
"She was really unhappy so I think she enjoys not having to fight me for that position."
Defending champions Outkast had to toil to beat the new schoolgirls on the Super 8 block in the opening four-round shield component of the competition, which Otane Thirsty Whale won comprehensively.
In their maiden entry in the competition, HGHS and Napier Girls' High School Senior A have had to represent their schools by default, thus severing any ties they've had with previous clubs.
For Maddie, who slips on the goal attack/goal shoot bibs, her path will cross with Myer if she assumes the mantle of centre although she also plays wing attack.
So how is it different to lock horns with her younger sister?
Laughter prevails before Maddie replies: "She's much fitter probably because she's younger."
The elder Pakoti rules out motherhood for Myer's edge. Maddie has a 19-month-old daughter, Kalais-Jaye Pakoti-Robinson, with partner and touch New Zealand representative Ash Robinson-Bartlett.
"Motherhood has made me stronger in realising what's important, really, and that's family."
Not surprisingly the sisters feel parents Kate Crawford and Joseph Pakoti will be partial towards one team or the other at the Pettigrew-Green Arena, Taradale, tonight.
"Probably me because I'm their favourite," says Maddie with a laugh.
Replies Myer: "Oh, I think it'll be me."
A more circumspect Maddie says: "I don't know. It depends on who's doing well on the night, I suppose."
Myer also eventually echoes that sentiment.
For Crawford it's a case of whatever the outcome the pair will be proud of their daughters as long as they do their jobs.
"I'm a bit of a loud supporter so they can hear my voice," says the mother who will fly Outkast and HGHS flags.
The girls started playing netball from the time they were six and were in age-group Hastings and Bay representative teams from year 7.
Sporty genes ran through the family with mother playing netball and father rugby so it was elementary that they found traction once they started attending Irongate school where Crawford also teaches.
The school system adopts a rotation policy in playing positions which saw Maddie mutate from an intermediate grade defender to a high school attacker when HGHS sports co-ordinator Ina Jones saw potential in making a switch in her last two years.
She didn't find the transition complex although she prefers the fluidity of goal attack to the more sedentary specialist portfolio of a goal shoot.
"I like to be the guy in the circle - be the women's heart - I want to be the one who runs around the circle more," she says. She hasn't been keeping tabs on her shooting statistics although she can tell you she was declared player of the match in last round's 34-31 win over All In Elusive when regular goal shoot Corra Quinn left the court early with a head knock. Maddie missed only one shot as goal shoot.
Outkast has since become an extension of that communal "sisterhood" in which she thrives.
Myer says HGHS have the credentials but it's just a matter of realising their potential.
The teenager suspects it has something to do with the demands of playing secondary schools' competition on Tuesday nights and then reloading on Fridays.
"We play adults on Fridays and our levels drop a little because we're not used to it," she says after they lost 40-30 to NGHS last Friday and drewwith Havelock North High School on Tuesday.
Myer welcomes the mental distraction that comes with netball in finding balance with school books as the Bay U17 team vice-captain.
Crawford believes that, as members of the Flaxmere community, her daughters can inspire others to make meaningful contributions to society while boosting their own welfare.
Maddie, who played for the Cook Island team - her father is a Cook islander - in the former Super 12 competition but is now in her third year with Outkast, is giving back to her Irongate School as coach.
"It's an awesome thing for other young women or girls who are going down that same journey," says Crawford.
Also a year 8 Hastings representative mentor, she guided them to an upset victory over their Bay counterparts last Sunday.
TONIGHT'S GAMES
For the championship round of the HB Netball Super 8 premier club competition at the Pettigrew-Green Arena, Taradale:
■ 6.15pm: All In Elusive v Otane Thirsty Whale PGA 2.
Umpires: K Ives & N Corbett.
■ 6.15pm: HGHS Senior A v Outkast Optimise Physio PGA 1.
Umpires: K Jones & A Williams.
■ 7.45pm: Central Sports Vet Services HB v HHSOG Spicers Keas PGA 1.
Umpires: N Walker & T Gardiner.
■ 7.45pm: NGHS Senior A v HHSOG Proactive Huias PGA 2.
Umpires: H Lewis & J Varcoe.
Note, reserve officials: 6.15pm N Walker. 7.45pm K Ives.
