Alice Soper is a sports columnist for the Herald on Sunday. A former provincial rugby player and current club coach, she has a particular interest in telling stories of the emerging world of women's ...

Netball superstar Kelly Jackson had never lived outside of New Zealand – but a phone call from Queensland Firebirds coach Kiri Wills changed it all. The Silver Ferns defender has taken a giant leap of ...

Queensland Firebirds midcourter Maddy Gordon has conceded issues in the game in New Zealand was one of the factors in her decision to join the Kiwi exodus to Super Netball this season.