2021 Central Pulse season

Central Pulse hosted the official ANZ Premiership tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 26 and 28 March. All six ANZ Premiership teams took part.^[25] Earlier in March, Pulse played friendlies against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Southern Steel and Mainland Tactix.^[26][27]

Fri 26 Mar	Central Pulse	39–55	Mainland Tactix	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
10:00am

Fri 26 Mar	Central Pulse	57–46	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
6.30pm

Sat 27 Mar	Central Pulse	61–53	Northern Stars	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
6.30pm

Sun 28 Mar	Central Pulse	55–53	Northern Mystics	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
2:00 pm

Sources:^{[22][28][29][30]}

Round 1

Sun 18 Apr	Central Pulse	53–57	Northern Stars	Fly Palmy Arena
4.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  36/39 (92%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  17/19 (89%)	Report	Maia Wilson  44/50 (88%) Jamie Hume  10/12 (83%) Monica Falkner  3/4 (75%)

Round 2

Sun 25 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	47–59	Central Pulse	Claudelands Arena
6.15pm	Caitlin Bassett  23/26 (88%) Khiarna Williams  18/20 (90%) Chiara Semple  6/6 (100%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn  41/46 (89%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  16/19 (84%) Whitney Souness  2/3 (67%) Ivana Rowland  0/1 (0%)

Round 3

Sunday 2 May	Southern Steel	56–52	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
4.15pm	George Fisher  48/52 (92%) Tiana Metuarau  8/8 (100%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn  38/39 (97%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  14/18 (78%)

Round 4

10 May 2021	Central Pulse	47–58	Northern Mystics	TSB Bank Arena
7.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  27/34 (79%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  18/24 (75%) Whitney Souness  2/4 (50%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  51/55 (93%) Bailey Mes  5/7 (71%) Saviour Tui  2/3 (67%)

Round 5

Sun 16 May	Central Pulse	52–56	Southern Steel	Te Rauparaha Arena
4.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  39/40 (98%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  13/14 (93%)	Report	George Fisher  44/49 (90%) Tiana Metuarau  12/15 (80%)

Round 6

Sun 23 May	Northern Stars	44–57	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
4.15pm	Maia Wilson  23/29 (79%) Jamie Hume  13/16 (81%) Amorangi Malesala  8/12 (67%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn  35/39 (90%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  22/27 (81%)

Round 7

Sun 30 May	Central Pulse	64–53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	TSB Bank Arena
6.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  42/46 (91%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  22/25 (88%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  47/55 (85%) Grace Kara  6/14 (43%)

Round 8

Sat 5 Jun	Mainland Tactix	55–52	Central Pulse	Christchurch Arena
5.15pm	Ellie Bird  46/57 (81%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  9/14 (64%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn  47/54 (87%) Whitney Souness  5/9 (56%)

Round 9

Sun 13 Jun	Northern Stars	55–53	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
6.15pm	Maia Wilson  37/45 (82%) Jamie Hume  18/21 (86%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn  39/46 (85%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  14/17 (82%)

Round 10

Sun 20 Jun	Northern Mystics	64–51	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
2.15 pm	Grace Nweke  54/63 (86%) Bailey Mes  2/9 (22%) Saviour Tui  2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  31/39 (79%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  16/20 (80%) Whitney Souness  4/7 (57%)

Round 11

Sun 27 Jun	Central Pulse	(Note 2)	Mainland Tactix	Te Rauparaha Arena
4.15pm

Round 12

Sun 4 Jul	Mainland Tactix	47–34	Central Pulse	Trafalgar Centre
6.15pm	Ellie Bird  31/40 (78%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  16/23 (70%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn  21/22 (95%) Ivana Rowland  11/13 (85%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  2/4 (50%)

Round 13

Fri 9 Jul	Central Pulse	49–52	Mainland Tactix	Te Rauparaha Arena
	Aliyah Dunn  35/38 (92%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  12/18 (67%) Ivana Rowland  2/2 (100%)	Report	Ellie Bird  41/44 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  11/14 (79%)

Sun 11 Jul	Central Pulse	55–51	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	TSB Arena
4.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  41/44 (93%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  14/17 (82%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  31/36 (86%) Khiarna Williams  20/23 (87%)

Round 14

18 July 2021	Central Pulse	54–56	Northern Mystics	TSB Bank Arena
6.15pm	Aliyah Dunn  31/36 (86%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  18/26 (69%) Ivana Rowland  5/10 (50%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  52/61 (85%) Filda Vui  2/3 (67%) Bailey Mes  2/5 (40%)

Round 15

Sat 24 Jul	Southern Steel	59–57	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
5.15pm	George Fisher  42/45 (93%) Tiana Metuarau  17/21 (81%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn  36/39 (92%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  21/21 (100%)

Notes

• ^2 Pulse's Round 11 match against Mainland Tactix was postponed after a change in COVID-19 alert levels.^[31] The match was rescheduled for Friday, 9 July.^[32]

2021 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Northern Mystics	15	11	0	4	929	873	56	106.4%	4	37
2	Southern Steel	15	11	0	4	818	801	17	102.1%	0	33
3	Mainland Tactix	15	9	0	6	801	775	26	103.4%	4	31
4	Northern Stars	15	9	0	6	825	791	34	104.3%	2	29
5	Central Pulse	15	4	0	11	789	810	-21	97.4%	8	20
6	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	1	0	14	802	914	-112	87.7%	7	10
Last updated: 9 August 2022

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for Elimination final

Source:^[9]