After testing the water in Melbourne, the Magic are on the board this year.

Yvonne Willering writes that The Northern Mystics have recruited well, but the key is to get all your talents to gel as a working unit.

As the hard-fought transtasman spectacle looms once again, Dana Johannsen singles out the team changes, player issues and sideline dramas that will make this season's competition compelling viewing.

The Silver Ferns begin a highly compressed schedule this week.

Maria Tutaia says she is enjoying the responsibility of providing leadership to her younger teammates.