We might not have seen the last of Jodi Brown in the Silver Ferns camp.
The shooter announced her international retirement following New Zealand's comprehensive 58-47 win against the world champion Australian team in Perth last week.
There were lots of tears and emotions were running high, with Waimarama Taumaunu bringing her time as coach to an end.
The team had been so focused on the match there had been no room for sentiment leading into the fixture.
The final whistle signalled victory, but also triggered a release.
''When that final whistle went it kind of felt like I could let go,'' Brown said.
''We had not wanted to make it about Wai's last game or retirements. We had kept focused on the game ... so when that whistle went it was, like, now we can start thinking about it all. It was pretty emotional.
''I think it's probably the people [I'll miss the most]. I've made some really good friends and we have a really good time.''
Brown played 61 tests during an international career which spanned 13 years.
The 34-year-old was a part of the 2003 World Championship winning side.
She also won a silver medal with the Silver Ferns at the 2007 World Championships in New Zealand and the 2015 World Cup in Sydney, and has a Commonwealth Games silver medal from the 2014 tournament.
''You put a lot of time and effort into netball and you put yourself in front of a lot of people to perform at the highest level, so physically and emotionally it really does take its toll.''
There were plenty of highs and a few lows along the way, Brown said.
''Probably the high was being selected in the team in 2003 for the World Championships. I was young at the time and it was pretty mind-blowing for me.
''That was one of the more memorable campaigns and I was made to feel like I belonged and had contributed.''
The record 61-36 win against Australia in Auckland in 2005 was one of those games where everything the Ferns tried worked out beautifully for the home team.
And the World Cup campaign in Sydney earlier this year was particularly memorable, considering how much progress the team made from 2014, when the side was at a low ebb, to reaching the final and pushing the home side hard.
Brown's low came in 2006.
She had established herself as a starting player and was looking forward to the Commonwealth Games and the possibility of a gold medal.
But the day before the Silver Ferns were due to head to the Games village, she landed heavily on her left knee during a training match and ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament.
Jessica Tuki took her place in the squad and ultimately her gold medal when the Silver Ferns won the tournament.
Brown made her way back from the injury setback and reclaimed her place in the side for the 2007 World Championships.
She took a break from the international game after that to start a family with her husband, former Otago Nuggets player Markham Brown.
The couple have two daughters - Kiana (6) and Aria (4).
They are two very active little girls and Brown was looking forward to spending more time with them.
But part of her motivation is to make way for the next generation.
She believes strongly in the potential in the next crop of players.
Brown will play for the Pulse for 2016 but suggested it would probably be her last season.
So what does the future hold? Coaching, perhaps?
''I've always said I'll never coach ... but I think the ultimate role would be a specialist coach with no accountability where you can just walk in and walk out.
''I think coaches do an enormous amount of work and get put under such enormous pressure. Who knows? I might be a manager.''
And perhaps it might be for the Silver Ferns.
