This was another statement win for the Mystics, who led from start to finish, but were only able to shake off the Stars’ challenge in the final quarter. The Mystics have won five straight games and look every bit title favourites on their impressive performances over the past month.
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Grace Nweke had another strong outing in the Mystics’ shooting end in their win over the Stars. With prolific goal shoot Grace Nweke under the hoop, no premiership team can score as quickly as the Mystics and their rivals are finding it tough to keep pace with them.
Brendon Egan and Andrew Voerman11:12, Jul 02 2021
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The time has come for Grace Nweke to be named in the Silver Ferns’ 2021-22 national squad.
OPINION: With just four rounds left in the ANZ Premiership regular season, the Mystics and Stars look on track for the top three finals. The race is well and truly on for third spot though. BRENDON EGAN and ANDREW VOERMAN look at this weekend’s big talking points.
Time to trust Nweke Mystics’ sharpshooter Grace Nweke has taken her game to another level this season and must be given an opportunity with the Silver Ferns in their 2021-22 national squad. Nweke got a taste of the Ferns’ environment last season, playing for them in unofficial tests in the Cadbury Series in Palmerston North. With the Commonwealth Games next year, and Netball World Cup in 2023, now is the time to call Nweke into the main squad and let her learn behind first-choice goal shoot Maia Wilson. Nweke has been superb for the table-topping
Anna Harrison (L) defends over Grace Nweke.
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The stealthlike defender debuted for the Otago Rebels in 2002 as a 19-year-old in the old national league.
So meteoric was her rise that the West Coast product was part of the Silver Ferns gold medal success at the 2003 Netball World Cup.
In 2006 she won a Commonwealth Games gold medal, something she repeated in 2010 when she returned to netball after a couple of years on the international beach volleyball circuit.
But the closest she s come to winning a domestic title was in 2011 when the Northern Mystics lost to the Queensland Firebirds in the grand final of the old trans-Tasman competition.
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