Southern Steel midcourter Serina Daunakamakama has re-signed with the franchise for 2026.
It will be the New Zealand under-21 player’s third stint with the Steel, after originally joining as a replacement player in 2024 and impressing to earn a full contract this season. She featured in six games for the Steel this season, including five starts, until she was sidelined with an injury niggle. She will head to Gibraltar for the Netball World Youth Cup next month.
Daunakamakama joins Kimiora Poi, Carys Stythe, Georgia Heffernan and Khanye’-Lii Munro-Nonoa as confirmed returning players for the Steel.
Phoenix Karaka will return from the birth of her second child to play for the Northern Mystics next season. She joins Catherine Hall and Charlotte Manley as the Auckland franchise’s circle defenders for 2026. — Allied Media
