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Te Paea Selby-Rickit did not see it coming.
Last year the Tactix shooter received a text out of the blue from former ANZ Premiership coach Kiri Wills - now head coach of the Queensland Firebirds. Wills wanted to sound out the former Silver Fern about a move across the Tasman.
"It was in the middle of the ANZ Premiership season, I didn't expect it but at the end of Tactix season the timing felt right," Selby-Rickit said.
For Selby-Rickit, further surprises awaited when she arrived at the Firebirds set-up in Brisbane late last year - world-class facilities, intense training, and a level of professionalism she hadn't experienced before.
Selby-Rickit is among nine current and former Silver Ferns that will feature in Australia's Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) when it begins this weekend, with the challenge of testing themselves in the world's toughest netball league drawing a strong Kiwi contingent across the Tasman.
The 34-year-old will play alongside two Silver Ferns at the Firebirds, with Kelly Jackson and Maddy Gordon also making their SSN debuts. The trio are living together in Queensland.
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