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.
The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel delivered on all fronts to inflict an upset 47-43 win over the MG Mystics in Dunedin on Sunday while posting their second win of the season.
AVIS Magic produced their most complete performance of the season to upset the form book with a decisive 58-41 win over the previously unbeaten Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse to open Round 7 in Tauranga on Saturday.
