Southby and Galvan certainly will catch more than a few eyes.
But it is not Janine and Anna making late comebacks to the court.
Shooter Grace Southby and midcourter Isabella Galvan are now forging their own paths in the National Netball League.
Both are first-year students, Southby having left St Hilda’s Collegiate last year, and Galvan moving to Dunedin from Christchurch.
It was the first year they had both played for the Blast, which acts as a feeder team for the Southern Steel.
They said it was a big step up and were enjoying the challenge, while also appreciating the significance of following in their mothers’ footsteps.
"It’s quite crazy to think they’ve coached and played at this level and we’re close to getting there as well," Southby, an 18-year-old fashion student, said.
"It’s been cool. They’re both very supportive and good about it."
Both have been around netball their whole lives and certainly have had high-calibre influences.
Galvan’s mother Anna (nee Veronese) was part of the Silver Ferns 2002 Commonwealth Games squad.
She played for the Southern Sting from 2003 until 2006, while also playing for the Canterbury Flames and Mainland Tactix on either side of that stint.
"That’s always really inspiring," Galvan (18), who is studying a double degree in law and health science, said.
"I probably look back on it now and didn’t appreciate the level to which Mum was playing and performing, and raising three young kids as well, heading off to training a few times a day.
"That would have been pretty full-on. It’s cool to have that support to understand what it’s like to be studying full time and have that support to play and perform in netball."
Janine Southby (nee Brown), meanwhile, played for the Western Flyers and Otago Rebels, before establishing herself as one of the country’s leading coaches.
She rose through the ranks of the Rebels and Southern Steel, and was the Silver Ferns head coach from 2015 until 2018.
The Blast had claimed a 45-43 win over the Northern Comets, in which Southby was influential in hitting 27 of her 30 shots.
It had fallen short in its other two matches, but will look to notch a second win against Central at the Edgar Centre this afternoon.
From there, two more games will follow, before their attention turns to the club competition, where both are showing their drive.
They have joined University-Albion, hoping to help lift the once-powerful club back into the top flight of Dunedin netball.
"We just thought it would be cool to go to a club and try to get something going, bring it back up to Prem A," Southby said.
"It’s nice to have competition across all the different teams in club."
