A threatening presence through many of the previous games, the Stars finally broke their duck when dismantling the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 63-46 to post their first win of the season in Auckland on Saturday.
Take a look at the three match-ups coming in Round 9 of the 2024 ANZ Premiership.
In a melodramatic 60 minutes, the AVIS Magic held out the fast-closing Stars to claim a 60-56 victory in Auckland – in a match where both teams were unnerved by losing their centres to knee injuries.
Setting the platform with an explosive opening, the Trident Homes Tactix carried on in relentless fashion to inflict a 56-42 win over the MG Mystics in Auckland on Sunday.
A clinical Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse put their injury disruptions behind them to produce an eye-catching 57-37 win over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel to herald the start of Heritage Round in Invercargill on Saturday.
A standout performance on debut has earned promising midcourter Serina Daunakamakama an ANZ Premiership contract with the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel.
Take a look at the three match-ups coming in Round 6 of the 2024 ANZ Premiership.
The Stars came agonisingly close to their first win of the season - and almost completing a hattrick of upsets in Round Seven of the ANZ Premiership – but it was the Trident Home Tactix who secured a last-gasp 58-57 victory at Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch.
