Greatest Silver Fern stands down but still hopes to play at club level and coach.

Veteran Silver Ferns shooter Irene van Dyk has made the shock announcement that she is stepping down from international netball from today.

New Zealand's sole representative in the transtasman league finals are unlikely to win the crown after limping into the playoffs on the back of four losses in their past five games.

As the end of season reviews start early at the Northern Mystics headquarters, the Auckland franchise will look to their rollicking win over transtasman league heavyweights the NSW Swifts in Auckland tonight as setting the blueprint for 2015.

Bouncing around the Mystics' defensive circle Temalisi Fakahokotau is on high alert as the visiting West Coast Fever side move the ball swiftly through the court.

It's an issue causing major headaches for rugby codes, now netball is dealing with its first reported case of concussion in the ANZ Championship.

According to the Aztec calendar it's about this time of year we all start panicking about the state of New Zealand netball.

The Northern Mystics side we had been expecting all season finally arrived at Trusts Stadium last night.

The Mystics have endured another dismal year and things could get even worse in 2015.

Northern Mystics shooter Maria Tutaia will become the latest Silver Fern star to notch up 100 ANZ Championship appearances when she takes the court against the West Coast Fever on Monday.

The Magic have jolted back to life just in time, with a big win over the Mainland Tactix in Tauranga.

With just three rounds remaining in the regular season, hope that Silver Ferns star Kayla Cullen will return to the ANZ Championship this year is fast running out.

The transtasman netball league will follow in the footsteps of Super rugby and move to a conference system next year if a proposed structural change is approved.

Rising Kiwi basketball star Steven Adams is making a name for himself in the NBA for getting under the skin of opponents. Several of them have lost their cool this season and been ejected and fined for attacking Oklahoma City's giant Kiwi.

They boast some of the biggest names in New Zealand and international netball and were tipped to be ANZ Championship title contenders this year. Some even had them pegged as favourites.

At least one player in the Mystics camp had something to smile about this week despite their early exit from the playoffs race - import Julie Corletto has been recalled into the Australian side for the Commonwealth Games.

Playoff netball remains a reality for the Central Pulse after they beat the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic 54-44 in Porirua tonight.

The Mystics have kept their transtasman league season alive in spectacular fashion.

Casey Kopua was forced to draw on the grit and determination to lead her Magic side to a one-goal win over the Adelaide Thunderbirds.

It is time to officially rule a line through the Steel's transtasman league playoff hopes after the southern side were out-muscled and out-thought by the NSW Swifts in Canberra yesterday.