2024 ANZP ROUND 15

@mcleod also a tactix die hard fan, i was excited when Dunn moved from the pulse to the tactix but her play has been a bit underwhelming, i often wondered if she lost her passion to play netball sometimes

Interesting comments re G Heffernan as a good option with respect to fitness. I haven’t watched the ANZP this year, but have followed the results on this forum. The persistent comment from those watching has been that she does not do the work in defence. That sounds fairly unacceptable for a possible SF GA? Is it a reflection of a lack of fitness or is she dropping her head and not bothering?

Nothing worse than shooters who don’t follow through for rebounds. G Heffernan has just stood there after putting up a shot, I think I only saw her once follow through determined for the rebound. But she is far from the only one.

Vui – if it wasn’t for her I doubt the Mystics would even be playing off for a place in the finals. Very underrated and imo she carried the Mystics shooting circle while Grace was unavailable. However she is another who does not follow through for rebounds, something that needs working on.

Metuarau, I don’t like the way she plays, she is also quite heavily penalised for contacts and has been spoken to a number of the few games she has played. I doubt she will make the fitness standards required even if they are eased off.

G Heffernan 95% of the time if the ball is turned over in or near the shooting circle, just stands there, and looks either at the ground, the umpire or nothing, no movement to even try and defend. While 33yr old world class Ekenasio does everything to try and win the ball back.
Heffernan G looks like she can’t be bothered even trying. She shouldn’t even be near getting in the Ferns, but I bet she does, just because she can do lots of burpees and yo-yo at a Dame Noel’s clip

Steel have a relatively short shooting circle (compared to the rest of the teams). They don’t have that target shooter to let them off the hook. In this day-in-age it’s almost suicidal not to have one. And I think G Heffernan would thrive having a target shooter.
Hopefully next season they can recruit one. It almost seems ridiculous that you have Dunn/Bird and Salmon/Walmsley sitting in the same teams. I know injuries played a part in it, but would like to see these tall players evenly spread out.

If the rumours are true that Nweke is heading to the SSN, there would be an opening at Mystics too.

The one shooter none of us have talked about is Maia Wilson. Would not be surprised if she makes the Ferns, at least for one of the series as back-up GA to Ekenasio.

I don’t think Grace will be the only player leaving Mystics… I have no inside knowledge it’s just that she didn’t look very happy at the weekend. Neither did MSB, Karaka or Stythe.

I wonder if Stars will persuade Walmsley back then Maia can play GA.

Salmon will make the SF development squad and she’ll start playing GA too.

I hope Stythe changes teams I feel like she hasn’t developed this year.

I also hope Fisher does come back, this is her first major injury.