Saviour Tui loves scoring goals for fun at goal shoot – always say that when I started following Netball again just a year ago which was simply outstanding.

Since she was there in the week-long training camp to Sydney for the Ferns earlier this year, let’s hope Dame Noeline Taurua can consider Tui later this year.

Standing next to Tui was always consistent & already Silver Fern (even though she’s Aussie!) Claire O’Brien within the Magic squad at Wing Attack who is always constantly involved running to and back with feeds after feeds that got the best of Ameliaranne Ekenasio and tonight’s outstanding goal scorer in Tui.

All in all, it was an encouraging win tonight by Magic making the most out of their chances even though they weren’t at their best. Again, they took advantage of the Stars poor defensive record where their Magic shooters went the distance, having won most of the Quarters except the third.

And MRB short for Mila Relelu-Buchanan did the best she could at the heart of the Stars mid-court engine with okay first 15 followed by a good 3rd quarter alone. 

It’s a pity Stars couldn’t connect or were inconsistent at times that can be so frustrating especially when they’ve lost a couple of players in recent times to unfortunately injury. All the Stars can do now is regroup, learn and even though reaching Top 3 may be a tough ask but they have the Magic again this time as the home team same time & day next week.

Final score was 72-51 with the Magic’s first win of 2025 on home front at Globox Arena in Hamilton after Week 4 of 10.

Happening elsewhere, Central Pulse too good for the Southern Steel yesterday afternoon by 70-45 in Invercargill. For the Steel, it wasn’t an easy game as always when they were up against one of the Top 2 teams who were more than certainly bound to end up being Top 2.

And shoutout to veteran goal defender Casey Kopua (nee Williams), who came out of retirement the other day after six years, as an injury replacement for Jodi-Ann Ward at the Giants also in Sydney. 

She’s nearly 40 just like former Fern and current Assistant Coach to Wendy at the Steel in Liana Leota where she also came out of retirement albeit for a few mins off the bench when a few of the current players were sidelined back in Round 1. 

A sign of the times maybe or maybe not? when their times usually belong to ones present – we’ll see and Casey did play for some time yesterday v the Melbourne Vixens even though Giants lost by 61-71.