The Magic's win over the Vixens last weekend may have come as a bit of a shock to some - not in the least the Australian commentators, who couldn't seem to comprehend what was happening in Melbourne.
The Magic clearly outplayed the home side, but the Vixens never gave up, rallying strongly on several occasions. Anne Seargeant never gave up on them ever.
Even when the Magic were leading by 10 goals with seven minutes remaining in the match, Seargeant was still talking up the Vixens' chances of making a comeback - "but they'll need to move quickly," she added, knowingly.
The Magic are now the only unbeaten team in the league, after the Thunderbirds' 16-game winning streak came to an end in Auckland.
Central Pulse
Just when they looked to be building into the season, the Pulse dropped what on paper appeared to be a gimme match against the Tactix.
Last year, the Pulse had the dubious honour of being the only side to be beaten by the Mystics, who went on to finish at the bottom of the table. That loss ultimately cost the Pulse a place in the top four. Sunday's lapse could prove just as costly.
It wrapped up a stressful week for Pulse coach Robyn Broughton, who was facing sanctions following her criticism of Thunderbirds tactics in their opening round loss.
Broughton was subject to the ANZ Championship's new disciplinary procedures, but it has since been found she has no case to answer.
Mainland Tactix
Last week, Inner Circle accused the Tactix of being successful only at making other teams look good this season. The same cannot be said after round four.
The Canterbury side made the Pulse look ordinary last weekend as they went on to rack up their first win of the season.
In a round full of upset results, the Tactix' 55-53 win over the experienced Pulse line-up was the biggest surprise of the lot. In fact, only 2.44 per cent of tipsters on the Herald's Dream Team netball tipping competition picked the Tactix to beat the Pulse by any margin. It made for a very low-scoring round for tipsters out there. Only three of the 8629 taking part in the competition correctly picked all five results. As one netball expert in the Sky production crew said: "Who are these people? They know nothing about netball."
Southern Steel
The tension spilled over in the shooting circle in the final quarter of the Steel's one-goal win over the West Coast Fever at the weekend.
Steel shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Reid appeared to let her frustration get the better of her when she bopped defender Eboni Beckford-Chambers on the head after a goal had been scored. The incident happened as they both tussled for the rebound, with Beckford-Chambers keen to get the ball quickly back to the centre circle as time ticked down on the clock. The English defender was not expecting the blow and stumbled backwards, tripping over her own feet.
During a time-out later in the quarter, Fever coach Norma Plummer noted wryly to her player that "clearly they allow that over here, thought it was just Jamaica".
