Encouraging start for Kia Magic

With her full team assembling for the first time in early January, Kia Magic coach Noeline Taurua couldn’t have been happier with the outcome.

 ``I was very pleased with the conditioning work all of them had done over the break and that includes our Silver Ferns players coming off a tough international season and into their first netball-specific work for a while,’’ she said.

There was no hint of any Christmas/New Year hangover with the players showing encouraging early season intent from the outset.

``This group of players has a good strong work ethic and that really stood out at our first session together,’’ Taurua said.