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How the Steel can break drought
They won their first quarter of the ANZ Premiership season and there were promising signs last weekend, but the Southern Steel still have plenty of work to do as they ride a 21-game...
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Steel adopting new team, new season approach
Steel adopting new team, new season approach
Backing up from an unbeaten season is no easy task, but the Southern Steel is not focused on that.
Steel shooter leaves team for Australia
Steel shooter leaves team for Australia
Southern Steel shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Reid is leaving the Steel, for Australia.
Netball: Steel well beaten but still in playoffs
Netball: Steel well beaten but still in playoffs
Arguments about the format can wait for another day - the Steel can celebrate a place in the playoffs.
Netball: So close, yet so far for Steel
Netball: So close, yet so far for Steel
The Southern Steel did not just lose to the Northern Mystics in Invercargill on Saturday - it lost control of its own destiny.
Netball: Huge play from Watson helps Steel scramble draw
Netball: Huge play from Watson helps Steel scramble draw
Jane Watson. Remember her name if the Southern Steel qualifies for the ANZ Championship playoffs in a couple of weeks.
Netball: Storm set to return to clash with Pulse
Netball: Storm set to return to clash with Pulse
Storm Purvis could make a surprise return to the Southern Steel for tomorrow's crunch match against the Central Pulse in Palmerston North.
Netball: Final quarter fade strikes again
Netball: Final quarter fade strikes again
Same story, different week.
Netball: Steel finds good reason to celebrate
Netball: Steel finds good reason to celebrate
What better way to celebrate Otago netball's centenary than with a drought snapping win against the Central Pulse?
Netball: Disappointing performance as Steel falls to Vixens
Netball: Disappointing performance as Steel falls to Vixens
The Southern Steel marked 100 games in the ANZ Championship in its clash against the Melbourne Vixens in Melbourne yesterday - but it won't be one to remember.
Netball: Steel surrenders early lead and never catches up
Netball: Steel surrenders early lead and never catches up
Watching the game tape left Steel coach Janine Southby feeling as flat as her side's effort in the 63-57 loss to the Magic in Invercargill on Saturday.
Netball: Steel lets game slip from grasp
Netball: Steel lets game slip from grasp
This was the one that got away for the Southern Steel.
Netball: Steel fails to capitalise on hard-earned turnovers
Netball: Steel fails to capitalise on hard-earned turnovers
The Southern Steel will have to wait an extra week to get the taste of yesterday morning's loss to the West Coast Fever in Perth out of its mouth.
Netball: Steel on the board as defenders star
Netball: Steel on the board as defenders star
The Southern Steel dismantled the Mainland Tactix in Invercargill on Saturday, but will face a much sterner test against the West Coast Fever in Perth this weekend.
Netball: Steel shows mettle – just not enough
Netball: Steel shows mettle – just not enough
There was the good and there was the not so good.
Netball: Losses leave Steel with work to do
Netball: Losses leave Steel with work to do
Pre-season losses are far from the end of the world, but Southern Steel captain Wendy Frew says the team has got a lot of ''hard work'' to do before the season opener on Sunday night.
Netball: Positive signs from all Steel players
Netball: Positive signs from all Steel players
It might be only pre season, but the Southern Steel did what no other New Zealand team managed to do at the weekend. Beat an Australian team.
Netball: Shame Steel saved best for last
Netball: Shame Steel saved best for last
It might have been easier on the Southern Steel had it lost its final game instead of winning it by one goal.
Netball: Vixens' defence major factor
Netball: Vixens' defence major factor
Combined, the Steel and Vixens would make just about the perfect team.
Netball: Steel steps up after loss of star shooter
Netball: Steel steps up after loss of star shooter
A potentially serious injury to the Southern Steel's star shooter, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, cast a shadow over what was a gutsy 64-60 win against the Tactix in Dunedin last night.