The departures from the Magic have begun, with Waikato stalwart Laura Langman set to join the Northern Mystics next season.

A familiar name will be missing when the Australian netball squad is announced today with test skipper Natalie von Bertouch calling time on her career.

Triumphant Adelaide Thunderbirds coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson expects cashed-up rivals to try to poach many of her transtasman netball championship winners.

Robyn Broughton looks likely to sign on for a third season with the Central Pulse.

Coach Roselee Jencke is confident a nerve-testing preliminary final win over the Melbourne Vixens will stand the Queensland Firebirds in good stead.

Australian coaches are on our shores and there's been a swag of their players in recent years but the door remains shut on NZ netballers plying their trade across the Tasman.

New Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic coach Julie Fitzgerald wants to get a feel for the surroundings before she comes in and makes any changes at the franchise.

There was plenty left unsaid in the post-match press conference as the Magic reflected on their failed transtasman league title defence.

It was not the fairytale end Magic coach Noeline Taurua was looking for, but in own understated words, “that's sport”.

Just a small slip of a woman - it is hard to imagine she used to mix it up in the goal circle - Taurua is dwarfed by the likes of Irene van Dyk and Casey Kopua, but she commands their attention.