Splice Construction Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic legend Casey Kopua will call time on a 17-season career at the end of the 2019 ANZ Premiership season.
The Northern Stars provided a shift in the balance of power when holding out a fast-finishing Northern Mystics 55-49 in Auckland on Wednesday in the first of the three-match Northern Challenge series between the pair.
Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse have withstood a feisty battle from The Good Oil Tactix, putting on the afterburners in the final quarter to triumph 52-40 in Palmerston North.