VIP Frames and Trusses Tactix retained their place at the top of the table after completing a hard-earned 57-49 win over Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Invercargill on Saturday.
Take a look at the three match-ups coming in Round 5 of the 2025 ANZ Premiership.
Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse finished with a flourish to retain the Robyn Broughton Legacy Trophy after posting an impressive 70-45 win over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Invercargill on Sunday.
Take a look at the three match-ups coming in Round 4 of the 2025 ANZ Premiership.
Based in Invercargill, the Steel were formed in 2007 and represent the Netball South Zone which embraces Southland and Otago.
The Steel resulted from the merger between two former National Bank Cup teams, the Southern Sting and Otago Rebels. The Steel subsequently becoming a founding team when netball launched into the semi-professional era with the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship in 2008.
Robyn Broughton was appointed the team’s first coach with Jenny-May Coffin and Megan Hutton named as co-captains.
The Steel had their best season in the final year of the ANZ Championship in 2016 when they won the minor premiership but subsequently lost the New Zealand Conference Final.
The Steel celebrated the introduction of the new elite ANZ Premiership domestic league in 2017 in style when claiming the inaugural title, completing a 16-match season unbeaten. They retained the title in 2018.
The Steel’s playing strip contains a mix of the burgundy/cerise and blue colours of Southland and Otago. The team’s home venues are ILT Stadium Southland, in Invercargill and the Edgar Centre, in Dunedin.
