Former Tactix midcourter Phillipa Finch will return to her roots during the trans-Tasman netball championship.
The Christchurch school teacher, who hails from the Otago town of Balclutha, has signed for the Southern Steel as replacement for Wendy Frew, who is expecting a child in August.
Finch, 30, played for the Otago Rebels before heading north to join the Tactix when the trans-Tasman competition started four years ago.
Her season last year was cut short by a serious knee injury suffered against the Steel in Dunedin.
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