Caitlin Thwaites reaches 200 game milestone, and her career trajectory has matched netball's rise to becoming a league of mostly full-time professionals.
And so the retirements just keep coming. This week Collingwood’s Erin Bell and Shae Brown, and Adelaide’s Leana de Bruin have announced that this weekend’s final round of Suncorp Super Netball will be their last.
The Magpies have lost two more players with Erin Bell and Shae Brown to retire from netball.
The Vixens were shocked to lose shooter Mwai Kumwenda to a season-ending knee injury but Kate Moloney says her club can bounce back from the setback.
Departing veteran was given a rockstar-like send-off by fans, but it was the Giants who spoke loudest taking full points over the Magpies on Sunday.
The Giants next host the Fever on Saturday night, with the right to host the major semi-final up for grabs.
West Coast Fever have their sights set on a first Super Netball decider on home soil as they continue to chase the club's greatest success.
Belconnen fell one game short of their first state league grand final in 15 years.
Giants goal shooter Susan Pettitt and Magpies goal keeper Sharni Layton played together at the NSW Swifts and for Australia, so they know each other's games "inside out".
With finals no longer a realistic goal for the Swifts, players' livelihoods are the real prize with contracts not yet finalised for next season.
Foundation Magpies coach Kristy Keppich-Birrell will not return to the role next season.