KEY POINTS:
ANGELA TANGIMETUA
(COOK ISLANDS)
1991, 1995, 1999, 2007
Better known in netball circles as Angela Maoate, Tangimetua is a true world championship veteran - playing at her first world tournament in Sydney 1991 at the age of 18.
Top shooter at the 1995 world champs in Birmingham, she missed the 2003 world champs, but returns as co-captain of the Cooks.
Married and living in Auckland, she played three seasons in New Zealand's national league.
ELAINE DAVIS
(JAMAICA)
1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
Davis' knee joints may be held together by nuts and screws, but she is still Jamaica's most influential player.
The 31-year-old varsity student has undergone five operations on her knees during a 13-year international career and Auckland 2007 will be her swansong.
At the 1999 world champs in Christchurch, she was the third-highest shooter at the tournament, earning her Jamaica's Sportswoman of the Year award.
LIZ ELLIS
(AUSTRALIA)
1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
Ellis lays claim to being the most successful player at the 2007 world champs.
The 34-year-old has won two world titles - 1995 and 1999 - during a 15-year career.
A former Sydney solicitor who now works with grassroots netball, Ellis has been captain of Australia since 2004.
Despite a knee reconstruction that kept her out of the last Commonwealth Games, she's still one of the game's most agile and aggressive defenders.
IRENE VAN DYK
NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA)
1995, 1999 (SA); 2003, 2007 (NZ)
Few would dispute van Dyk's mantle as the best shooter in the world.
The 35-year-old mother and part-time teacher is, undoubtedly, the world's most capped netballer, with 151 tests to her name.
Van Dyk was New Zealand's nemesis at her first world championship for the Proteas in 1995, but helped the Silver Ferns win in 2003. One of the world's most popular and recognisable netballers.
