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Venue: Belle Vue Arena Date: Saturday 7 March Time: 17:00 GMT

Coverage: Watch live on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app.

AO Manchester Thunder will be hoping to improve on their narrow 56-51 first round defeat to London Pulse as they host London Mavericks on Saturday. Super Shots were traded in the second quarter before Pulse pulled away in the third. Manchester Thunder fought back in the dying minutes of the final quarter to win a losing bonus point.

London Mavericks also suffered a narrow defeat in the opening weekend losing by just one point to Nottingham Forest Netball.

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Double-digit temperatures, lighter evenings and the return of the Netball Super League - winter is beginning its retreat.

Season two in the league's 10-year drive towards full professionalisation has arrived, with first-time champions London Pulse launching their defence against Manchester Thunder on Friday, 27 February at the Copper Box.

Pulse have handed back one trophy already, with Loughborough Lightning winning the Super Cup final in Sheffield.

Those two sides, who also contested the Grand Final last July, are setting the highest standards, but others could credibly join them in the 2026 campaign.

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BBC iPlayer

These are the games you can watch live on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer:

7 March: Manchester Thunder v London Mavericks (17:00 GMT)

15 March: Nottingham Forest v Leeds Rhinos (16:00 GMT)

22 March: London Pulse v Nottingham Forest (18:00 GMT)

28 March: Loughborough Lightning v Birmingham Panthers (18:30 GMT)

4 April: London Pulse v Birmingham Panthers (17:00 BST)

11 April: Dragons v Birmingham Panthers (16:00 BST)

18 April: Loughborough Lightning v London Mavericks (18:00 BST)

Televised games in weeks 9-14 will be announced at a later date.

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Free-to-air netball stays on the BBC

You can watch live NSL matches on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer this season. Director of BBC Sport Alex Kay-Jelski said: "It's fast, physical and uncompromising, and we'll be there every week, right at the heart of it."