Netball New Zealand have blocked the Mainland Tactix bid to field a second import player in next year’s ANZ Championship.

It may not be surprising to New Zealand netball fans how many Kiwis have been named in the ANZ Championship All-Star team.

If the conference system is here to stay in the ANZ Netball Championship, as we have been told it is, then bosses need to rethink the finals format.

New Zealand sides will not feature in the transtasman league grand final for the third straight year.

The Mystics are still dreaming of an ANZ Championship grand final but it will need a journey through Neverland to make it.

The Northern Mystics' fluid style and attacking mindset hasn't worked too well against Aussie sides.

The Southern Steel have secured star import Jhaniele Fowler-Reid for another two ANZ Championship seasons.

The Magic have pulled off another gritty finals performance to beat the Northern Mystics for the New Zealand conference title.

Magic netball coach Julie Fitzgerald is backing her star defender Casey Kopua to be ready to take the court in tonight's New Zealand conference final.

The Magic have saved ANZ Championship officials further blushes by ousting the Southern Steel from the play-offs with a hard-fought extra time win in Hamilton this afternoon.

Magic defender Kristiana Manu'a may soon be at the centre of a tug-of-war between New Zealand and Australia.

Mystics coach Debbie Fuller is aware of how bad it looks.

She was once New Zealand's most celebrated netball coach, but Robyn Broughton's tenure with the Central Pulse can, sadly, be remembered only as a failure.

Entree choices to the test cricket at Headingley were a second night of Dancing with the Stars or wandering out west for a courtside debut at the netball.

The Northern Mystics last night finished off the ANZ Championship regular season without a win against an Australian rival after being dispatched by the Melbourne Vixens.

Katrina Grant has narrowly avoided the ignominy of being the first ANZ Championship player banned for misconduct.

Katrina Grant will face the transtasman league’s disciplinary officer following an ugly post-match confrontation with an umpire.

Casey Kopua has certainly had more productive 30 minutes of netball.